DETAILS OF THE OPPORTUNITY :
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY :
The book welcomes contributions that explore the Indian context or global perspectives outside of India, which deal with the subject in a comparative manner. It invites chapter contributions to highlight experiences, policies, and practices in addressing human rights issues and offers insights into potential solutions and best practices.
Eligibility :
Students, academicians, researchers, practitioners, activists, and policymakers are all welcome to submit proposals.
Potential Themes for Chapters (not exhaustive) :
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- Emerging Technologies and Human Rights
- Ethical implications of AI on human rights
- AI, algorithms, bias, and discrimination
- Virtual Reality, Metaverse, and human rights
- Digital Divide and human rights implications
- Biometrics and privacy rights
- Surveillance capitalism and digital rights
- Blockchain and other emerging technologies for human rights
- Big data and human rights
- Data protection and human rights
- Digital health and equity
- Automation, AI, labor rights, and the right to work
- Artificial human enhancements and disability rights
- Intellectual Property and Human Rights
- Human rights and its interface with different IPRs
- Evolution of IP jurisprudence and human rights
- Access to essential goods and services and IPRs
- Adequacy of TRIPS and human rights
- IPR, technology transfer, and access to critical technologies
- Biotechnology and human rights implications
- Gene patenting and human rights
- Public health emergencies and IPRs
- Medicine/vaccine nationalism and IPRs
- Right to education and IPRs
- Food security, sovereignty, and IPRs
- Cultural rights, heritage, and traditional knowledge
- Technology and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Digital literacy and social inclusion
- Hate speech, disinformation, and human rights
- Big Tech accountability in human rights violations
- Balancing censorship and liberty on online platforms
- Internet shutdowns and freedom of expression
- Mental health, online harassment, and trolling
- Right to anonymity vs. accountability online
- Gender rights and technology
- Religious freedom and technology
- Minors and digital rights
- New age forensics and wrongful convictions
- Automated welfare, migration, and asylum management systems
- Globalization and Human Rights
- Digital economy and human rights
- Global supply chains and human rights
- Free trade agreements, investment treaties, and human rights
- Borderless currencies, contracts, and human rights
- Tax havens, debt crises, and human rights
- Extractive industries and human rights
- Emerging issues in international waters, airspace, and human rights
- Migrant workers, gig economy, and labor rights
- Arms trade, new age warfare, and humanitarian laws
- Climate finance, environmental protection, and human rights
- Sweatshops, child labor, modern slavery, and human rights
- International institutions, civil society, NGOs, and human rights
- Emerging Technologies and Human Rights
Formatting Guidelines :
- Font: Times New Roman, 12 points
- Line spacing: 1.5
- Alignment: Justified
- Headings: 12 points, bold, left aligned
- Subheadings: 12 points, bold and italics, left aligned
- Citations: Footnotes in JILI format
- Footnote font: Times New Roman, 10 points, single spacing
Submission Procedure :
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- Proposal submission date: September 15th (Proposals will still be considered after the deadline, but authors are encouraged to indicate two or three alternative topics they would be interested in contributing to).
- Proposals need not be more than 150 words, It should contain a brief description of the chosen topic’s relevance to the book’s theme and the chapter’s proposed structure.
- Upon approval of the abstract, the authors will have to submit the complete paper by October 15th.
- Submissions should be sent to [email protected]
- Please refer to the brochure mentioned at the end of this post for more details.
Relevant Dates :
- Chapter Submission Deadline: October 15th, 2024
- Expected Release of the book: March 2025
Publisher :
The book is being published by the international publishing house Bloomsbury.
Costs :
Upon final acceptance, the author will be required to pay ₹2800 for the publication of the chapter. This amount includes the cost of a single hardcover copy for the author, which will be dispatched to the author’s address via a surface courier upon release of the book.
Co-authors will have the option to book additional copies at ₹2600 for each extra copy upon acceptance. The book will also be available at a potentially higher retail price on the publisher’s website and other distribution platforms.
Contact :
For submissions or further queries, please contact [email protected]
Editors :
- Dr. Aman Deep Singh, Assistant Professor, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Linkedin
- Animesh Pratap Singh, Doctoral Candidate, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Linkedin
