About the U of OxHRH Journal
The University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal (U OxHRH J) is an open-access and peer-reviewed journal on human rights. The U OxHRH J is dedicated to advancing the study of international and comparative human rights law. It publishes the highest levels of scholarship tackling the most pressing and challenging human rights issues and offers critical insights into current issues, debates and global trends.
The driving impetus behind the journal is the recognition that many academic institutions, NGOs, policy-makers and individuals are unable to afford the cost of high-quality, refereed journals. The U of OxHRH J is available freely online. Anyone can easily access the intellectually rigorous, interdisciplinary research on human rights offered by the U of OxHRH J.
The Journal Team
The U of OxHRH J editorial team is geographically diverse and brings a wealth of experience to the study and practice of human rights law.
Cathi Albertyn
Helen Taylor
Judy Fudge
Kamala Sankaran
Meghan Campbell
Sandra Fredman
Shreya Atrey
Tristan Cummings
U of OxHRH J Editions
First Edition of the University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal
2018 | Volume 1
The first edition, arising from our partnership with the International Labour Organization and University of Kent, explores ‘A Better Future for Women at Work’
Second Edition of the University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal
2019 | Volume 1
The University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal (U OxHRH J) is an open-access and peer-reviewed journal on human rights.
Jurisdictions
- All Jurisdictions
- abortion
- abortion rights
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- African Charter on Human and People's Rights
- African Union
- Algeria
- American Convention on Human Rights
- Argentina
- Asia
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burma
- California
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Carribean
- Caste
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Conflict of rights
- Convention on Discrimination against Women
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Council of Europe
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Czechia
- Democracy
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- dignity
- disability rights
- dobbs
- Dominican Republic
- ECHR
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Elections Act 2022
- England and Wales
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Europe
- European Convention on Human Rights
- European Court of Human Rights
- European Court of Justice
- European Social Charter
- European Union
- European Union Republic of Korea
- Finland
- France
- Gambia
- Gender discrimination
- Germany
- Ghana
- Global North
- Global South
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Hawai'i
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- human dignity
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Inter-American Convention on Human Rights
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- International Court of Justice
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Criminal Court
- International Labour Organization
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Islamic State
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Japan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Latin America
- Liberia
- Libya
- Limitation of Rights
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Middle East
- Middle East and North Africa
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Africa
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Oman
- Organisation of American States
- Pacific Islands
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Policing
- Portugal
- Proportionality
- Qatar
- Religion
- Republic of Cyprus
- Republic of Estonia
- Republic of Korea
- restriction of rights
- Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression
- Romania
- Rome Statute
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- sexual and reproductive right
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor Leste
- Togo
- Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- United States
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- US Supreme Court
- Venezuela
- Vikash Kumar
- West Africa
- World Bank
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Human rights
- All Human Rights
- Abortion
- Access to Justice
- Artificial Intelligence
- Brexit
- Business and Human Rights
- Carceral justice
- child marriage
- Children's Rights
- Climate Change
- Climate justice
- Comparative law
- Conflict and Human Rights
- Constitutions and Human Rights
- Contempt of Court
- Counter-terrorism
- COVID-19
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice and Fair Trial
- Criminal Process Rights
- Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Cultural rights
- Custodial Violence
- Data Protection
- Death Penalty
- Deliberative democracy
- Democracy and Political Rights
- Disability
- Domestic Violence
- Employment Law
- Enforcement of Human Rights
- Environment
- FGM
- fiscal policy
- Forced Migration
- Freedom of Movement
- Freedom of the Press
- Gender
- Gender Based Violence
- Gender Equality
- Gender identity
- Gender Pay Gap
- Gender Persecution
- Genocide
- Gun Control
- Homelessness
- Human Dignity
- ICCPR
- Immigration and Asylum
- Indigenous Rights
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Labour Organisation
- Intersectionality
- Judges' Legacy
- Labour Government
- Labour Rights
- Legislative Reform
- Life imprisonment
- living crisis
- menstrual health
- Minimum sentencing
- Negative Rights
- Pay Disparity
- Positive Duties
- Prison Reform
- Private Actors
- Procedural Justice
- Proportionality
- Public Interest Litigation
- Public International Law
- Race
- Refugee Convention
- Remedies
- Right against Torture
- Right to Education
- Right to Eqa
- Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Food and Water
- Right to Freedom of Assembly
- Right to Freedom of Association
- Right to Freedom of Conscience
- Right to Freedom of Religion
- Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression
- Right to Health
- Right to healthy environment
- Right to Housing
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Right to Participation
- Right to Political Participation
- Right to Privacy
- Right to Private Life
- Right to Protest
- right to sanitation
- Right to Seek Asylum
- Right to Technological and Scientific Progress
- Right to Vote
- Right to work
- Rights of the family
- Role of Parliament
- Role of the Judiciary
- rule of law
- Same-sex marriage
- Sedition
- separation of powers
- Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- Sexual Education
- Sexual Orientation
- Social Protection
- Social Rights
- Socio-Economic Rights
- Standard of Review
- Substantive Equality
- Supreme Court of Kenya
- Surrogacy
- tech
- Technology
- Technology and human rights
- UNCAT
- Women's Rights
‘The Compensation is Changing the Future’: A Reparative Approach to Redressing Human Rights Violations Experienced by People Living with Dementia in Long Term Care
Engendering the Right to Work in International Law: Recognising Menstruation and Menopause in Paid Work
A Critique of the Stigma Argument Against Affirmative Action in South Africa
Basic Income, Gender and Human Rights
The Big Gap in Discrimination Law: Class and the Equality Act 2010
Communalisation of Citizenship Law: Viewing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 Through the Prism of the Indian Constitution
Submission Guidelines
We encourage all human rights scholars, from early career researchers to established academics, from around the globe to submit high-level academic submissions to the U of OxHRH J.
- Submissions should be between 8,000 to 12,000 words (inclusive of footnotes)
- Submissions should include an abstract of no more than 300 words
- Submissions should be in Word format
- The U of OxHRH J uses OSCOLA
- Footnotes should be brief and not contain substantive text
- Submissions must be exclusively submitted to U of OxHRH J
- Submissions should make outstanding, original and argumentative contributions to the study of human rights
The decision to publish submissions will be based on an initial review by the editorial team and double-blind peer review. Journal articles that have successfully completed the review process will be published on a rolling basis to reduce the time between submission and publication. Submissions can be emailed to: oxfordhumanrightshub@law.ox.ac.uk