Call for Papers: SCOPUS! African Human Rights Yearbook Volume 8 (2024)! Submit Now!

Call for Papers: SCOPUS! African Human Rights Yearbook Volume 8 (2024)!

We invite submissions for fully developed articles and case discussions proposing to make ground-breaking academic-style contributions to the human rights discourse in Africa. Although the contributions are expected to take a continental (African) approach to the issues they cover, country-specific or sub-regional level case studies that relate to the African regional human rights system will also be considered. In so far as methodology is concerned, contributions adopting multidisciplinary and empirical approaches are highly encouraged.

Scopus Accreditation

To further enrich its impact and credibility, the Yearbook has recently received accreditation with SCOPUS, an international citation database launched in 2004. Journals listed in Scopus are considered to meet the requirement for peer review quality established by several research grant agencies for their grant recipients and by degree accreditation boards in numerous countries including South Africa, where the Centre for Human Rights is based. For example, papers from authors based at or affiliated to South African higher education institutions from 2024 qualify for subsidy from the Department of Higher Education. This accreditation bears testament to the rigorous editorial standards and scholarly significance of the Yearbook in enriching the intellectual wealth of the African human rights discourse.

Guidelines for Submission of Contribution

Fully developed articles (of no more than 10,000 words, footnotes included) and case discussions (of no more than 8,000 words, footnotes included) should be submitted, before or by 30 June 2024, together with the indication of the author’s professional qualifications and position by email to [email protected] Contributions should set out:

the title of the article or case discussion;
the author’s current designation, qualifications and ORCID number;
an abstract of no more than 250 words, setting out the aim of the contribution, the methodology and the main findings.

Review Process

Papers will undergo double-blind peer review. Authors will be expected to incorporate comments, if any, and submit a revised and final paper by 30 September 2024. Accepted papers will be published in the eighth volume of the Yearbook, which is expected to appear in December 2024.

Submission Guidelines

The submission must be original and not have already been published or submitted elsewhere.
Contributions may be submitted in Arabic, English, French or Portuguese; and should be edited for language before submission.
Use UK English for papers submitted in English.
Authors are required to consult the list of contributions previously published to avoid duplication.
Please adhere to the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) style guidelines, https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/images/files/publish_with_pulp/Styleguidelines%202018.pdf. Please also refer to previous volumes of the Yearbook to familiarise yourself with the in-house style.
For more information, see www.ahry.up.ac.za

Remuneration

Contributions to the African Human Rights Yearbook are not remunerated. However, in recognition of their intellectual work and the value it adds to the Yearbook, authors of finally accepted papers will be added to a database of thematic experts of the African Court, the African Commission, and the Children’s Committee.
No page fees are charged.