Journal of Global Human Rights

Call for Papers – Journal of Global Human Rights
This journal is affiliated with the IPSA Research Committee on Human Rights (RC26)

The Journal of Global Human Rights invites submissions for its Volume 2 (2027).

The journal is an international, double-anonymous peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing original interdisciplinary research on human rights. It was born as an initiative of the IPSA Research Committee on Human Rights (RC26). It welcomes contributions from political science, philosophy, law, sociology, international relations and related disciplines, and from scholars in all regions of the world.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Normative and philosophical foundations of human rights;
• Human rights, democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law;
• Equality, non-discrimination, minorities and vulnerable groups;
• Freedom of expression, disinformation and the digital public sphere;
• Artificial intelligence, technology and human rights;
• International and regional human rights systems;
• Human rights in contexts of conflict, migration, climate change and crisis;
• Human rights perspectives from the Global South.

Types of contributions

Academic articles: 6,000–12,000 words, including notes and references. Double-anonymous peer review.
Notes and book reviews: 2,000–4,000 words. Assessed by the Editorial Board.
News on conferences, calls and institutional developments: up to 1,500 words.

Submission guidelines

• Manuscripts must be written in English and submitted through the journal’s online platform: https://journalglobalhumanrights.webphilosophia.com/index.php/OJS/about…
• References in APA 7th edition. Articles include an abstract of up to 250 words and 5–8 keywords.
• The journal’s templates are available but optional.

Open access
All content is published in open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Authors retain copyright. [No article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees are charged.]

Deadline for submissions: 
Submissions are also welcome on a rolling basis.