Call for Papers! Business and Human Rights Journal (BHRJ)! March 2024! Submit now!

The Business and Human Rights Journal (BHRJ) is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal published by Cambridge University Press. Since its launch at the 4th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in November 2015, the journal has established itself as the leading journal in the business and human rights (BHR) field. Clarivate’s 2023 Journal Citation Reports give BHRJ an Impact Factor of 2.2, thus putting the journal in the first quartile of law journals. BHRJ is also ranked 13th in Google Scholar’s ‘Top Publications’ list for international law journals.

The journal aims to continue to publish groundbreaking and innovative work that addresses new challenges relating to BHR and which also explores larger theoretical questions relating to corporate accountability and the centrality of human rights to business. We particularly encourage submissions on these topics. They include (but are not limited to):

➢ BHR ‘interlinkages’ with other issues such as climate change, trade and investment, development, migration, modern slavery, corruption and conflicts

➢ How BHR can responds to structural issues such as shareholder primacy, growing inequalities, power imbalances and exploitative business models

➢ Empirical studies assessing the impact of human rights due diligence laws, policies and business practices in advancing business respect for human rights and improving access to remedy

➢ Conceptualization of the relationship between human rights and corporate accountability

➢ Differentiated impact of business activities on individuals or groups at heightened risks of abuses

Submissions

In addition to publishing scholarly articles, BHRJ also features a ‘Developments in the Field’ (DiF) section, which includes short pieces that highlight key policy, legal and regulatory developments, as well as case studies and insight pieces by academics, practitioners, human rights advocates, and policymakers.

Further information on the content and format for DiF submissions is available online

The recommended length (including footnotes) is 9,000-12,000 words for articles and 1,500-2,500 words for DiF pieces.

Please submit all content through our online submission system, Scholar One. More details are available on the website regarding instructions for scholarly articles, DiF pieces and book reviews.

BHRJ considers submissions on a rolling basis. It has an exclusive submission policy.

If you have any further queries, please contact the Editors-in-Chief (Surya Deva, Anita Ramasastry and Florian Wettstein) at: [email protected].