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Author Guidelines

"Due to the high volume of articles received in recent weeks, we are temporarily closing submissions. We will resume accepting new work on February 1st, 2026. We apologize for any inconvenience."

*Publication in TAHR is free of charge for authors. No Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, reviewing fees, typesetting fees, or publication fees shall be applied.

*Articles should have between 6,000 and 15,000 words. 

*Submissions should include a short abstract (100 words) that summarizes the main arguments and contributions of the article, as well as some key words (5-7)

*Authors should include in the manuscript their institution, position and email address, which will be published.

*Authors should never include in the text any references helping to identify the author by the referees.

Together with the main text of the articles, authors shall be permitted to submit supplementary files such as images, tables, or written documentation of various kinds. Videos or similar media are not admissible.

During the process of article assessment, authors must communicate all relevant information regarding any external funding of the research that led to the elaboration of the work under consideration, namely: funding agency, call, project reference and (optionally), title. This information must also appear at the beginning of the article. 

When an article is signed by more than one author, information must be provided on the criteria chosen for the order of signature as well as on the specific contribution of each of them.

Citation and Verifiability Standards (Harvard System)

To ensure academic integrity and the traceability of sources, all submitted articles must strictly adhere to the Harvard referencing system.

It is a mandatory requirement to include the specific page number(s) for all direct quotations and for paraphrased content that refers to specific data, tables, or precise ideas within a work. Providing only the author’s name and year is reserved exclusively for references to the general thesis or the overarching theme of an entire work.

Required Format:

  • Direct quotation: (Surname, Year, p. XX).
  • Reference to a specific idea or data: (Surname, Year, pp. XX-XX).
  • Sources without pagination: Please indicate the chapter, section, or paragraph number (e.g., para. 12).

Articles that do not provide the exact location of their references will be returned to the author for correction before proceeding to the formal review process.

Submission deadlines

"Due to the high volume of articles received in recent weeks, we are temporarily closing submissions. We will resume accepting new work on February 1st, 2026. We apologize for any inconvenience."

The Age of Human Rights Journal is going to move to a continuous publication model in January 2023. This means that as soon as an article is ready to be published, it will be immediately released online rather than waiting for other articles in the issue to be completed, resulting in faster access to the final version of the article.

However, as it  has been done up to now, twice a year (in June and December), we will close the issue which will become the ‘latest complete issue’. Any new articles received and accepted after the closure will then be placed in the next open issue.

The main advantage of the continuous publication model for the authors is that they will not have to wait until June or December to see their articles published, but they will be published as soon as they have been accepted and edited.

The expected time from article submission to acceptance (if successful) is approximately four months

Selection of contributions

In general terms, to be acceptable a manuscript should deal with human rights, be original and innovative, provide substantial evidence for its conclusions, have methodological rigour and theoretical consistency.

When an article is rejected, a new version of it will not be considered until at least one year has passed.

In order to be admitted for consideration, articles must:
A) deal with some of these three issues: 1. Studies on current theories of human rights; 2. Studies on legal and jurisprudential developments on human rights; 3. Empirical analysis of the human rights situation
B) Having a general, global or international scope of study; articles that address only local issues related to a specific state or community will not be accepted (articles addressing a comparative study between two or three countries are not considered to have a global scope of study).

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • In case of receiving funds for the realization of the article, the financing agency(ies) and the code(s) of the project(s) within the framework(s) of which( es) the research that has led to the publication has been developed.
  • When an article is rejected, a new version of it will not be considered until at least one year has passed.
  • The journal only accepts articles by doctors and/or university lecturers/professors
  • To be admitted for consideration, articles must: A) deal with some of these three issues: 1. Studies on current theories of human rights; 2. Studies on legal and jurisprudential developments on human rights; 3. Empirical analysis of the human rights situation B) Having a general, global or international scope of study; articles that address only local issues with local implications related to a specific state or community will not be accepted

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