Call for Expression of Interest for Articles to be published in NHRC Annual English Journal (Volume 25), Submission Deadline- 1 May 2026
Expression of Interest (Eol) is invited from academicians, policy makers, independent researchers, and domain experts devoted to the espousal of the cause of human rights, for publication in NHRC’s Annual English Journal (Volume 25) on specified human rights themes, to be released on Human Rights Day (10 December 2026). The detailed list of themes can be found at www.nhrc.nic.in under “Guidelines for Authors of the Annual English Journal, Volume 25”
The interested authors may initially submit an abstract of no more than 300 words, a CV of no more than 2 pages, and a list of publications in the last 5 years, via email on the id dsr.nhrc@nic.in with the subject “Abstract (Name of author(s))- NHRC Annual English Journal 2026” by 1 May 2026 in a single pdf file. The submitted abstracts will be evaluated and only the shortlisted authors will be intimated to send the complete article.
Themes for Articles:
Contributors may note that only articles on the thematic areas mentioned below will be considered for publication. The broad themes on which articles are sought are:
- Rights of Women Rights of Children
- Rights of LGBTQI+ community
- Criminal Justice System
- Health and Mental Health
- Right to Food
- Right to Education
- Right to Privacy
- Rise of Social Media and its Impact on Society
- Rights of Older Persons
- Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Environment and Climate Change
- Bonded Labour Business and Human Rights
- Rights of Seafarers
- Water Sanitation and Hygiene
- Good Governance Human Trafficking
Honorarium for Authors:
It is the NHRC’s policy to provide an honorarium of Rs.10,000/- for each article published in the Annual English Journal. In case of multiple authors, the amount would be equally divided among all the contributors.
The soft copies of the articles and abstracts are to be sent as an email attachment processed in MS Word (2003 or 2007 or 2010 or 2013) on dsr.nhrc@nic.in
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