Call for Blogs: Collective for Human Rights Advocacy | NLU Delhi

Collective for Human Rights Advocacy, National Law University Delhi is inviting submissions for blog pieces on the theme “The Intersection of Law and Contemporary Human Rights”.

About the Collective

The Collective for Human Rights Advocacy (CHRA), under the aegis of the Centre for Human Rights and Subaltern Studies at National Law University Delhi, aspires to undertake and promote interdisciplinary socio-legal research under the theme of human rights law. In furtherance of our aim, the CHRA blog seeks to initiate academic discourse and promote dialogue on contemporary issues concerning human rights law both nationally and internationally.

By generating scholarship on contemporary events that violate human rights, the Collective aspires to involve a diversity of stakeholders and, consequently, assist and advise policymakers, legislators, and other governmental agencies on matters relating to human rights. The Collective has contributed to the legal discourse surrounding human rights and has furthered original research, which can be found here and here.

Submission Guidelines

• All submissions must adhere to the theme “The Intersection of Law and Contemporary Human Rights”. Authors must meaningfully engage with current events and adopt an approach centred on their legal and humanitarian implications.
• Authors are also required to send:
• A short excerpt about the submission, not exceeding 75 words.
• A small introduction about the author(s) not exceeding 50 words.
• A professional photograph of the author(s) in a .jpg/.jpeg/.png format.
• Co-authorship upto 2 Authors is allowed.
• All submissions should be thoroughly researched, and all arguments and claims should be evidenced with relevant authorities under law.
• The style should be aimed at making it understandable to both the legal academician and someone with no legal background whatsoever.
• In order to give the submission a wider reach and better understanding, adequate background information must be provided.
• The submission must reflect original, unpublished work that the author(s) is interested in and familiar with.
• In submitting the blog piece, the author/s undertake that it has not been published before and would not be published in any other publication without the approval of the CHRA’s Editorial Board.

Formatting Guidelines

• Submissions must heed the word limit of 700 - 1200 words.
• Submissions must include hyperlinks to relevant legal sources and background information, including any judgments, laws, treaties, or other legal texts that are mentioned. Hyperlinks must link only to legal or respected news sources. The editors make the final decision over what constitutes a respectable source.
• The use of footnotes is discouraged.
• The submission must be made both in a .doc or .docx and a .pdf format. The file name must be “CHRA submission_Title”.
• The title of the submission should be informative and not misleading.
• The submission must in no manner disclose the name, institutional affiliation of the author, or any other kind of identifying information.
• Submissions must be made only by filling out the Google Form below. Submissions made through any other medium will not be taken into consideration.
• [Click here to Submit]

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Contact

In case of any query, contact us at chra@nludelhi.ac.in.