Call for Blogs | Student Committee for Constitutional Law and Human Rights Blog, UPES: Rolling Submissions!

About UPES

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About the Blog

The Student Committee for Constitutional Law and Human Rights Blog is a peer-reviewed and open-access blog maintained by the Student Committee for Constitutional Law and Human Rights.SCLHR seeks to provide a platform that promotes and sustains informed discussion and dialogue on emerging Constitutional Law and Human Rights issues.

About the Opportunity

Student Committee for Constitutional Law and Human Rights welcomes original contributions from students, researchers, academicians, legal practitioners, and those who are enthusiastic about engaging in academic discourse and widening the scope of constitutional study for our readers through their creative and informative research works.

It encourages the authors to explore critical and multidisciplinary perspectives on Constitutional developments both within and beyond India. Hence, with the above objectives in mind, it welcomes all submissions in the fields of Constitutional Law and Human Rights subject to the following guidelines.

Broad Themes

The SCLHR Blog invites contributions on contemporary issues surrounding Constitutional Law and Human Rights including but not limited to the following:

• Emerging Challenges to Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age
• Constitutionalism in Times of Crisis: Lessons from Global Events
• Environmental Rights and International Frameworks
• Gender, Choice, and the Law: Examining Reproductive Rights and Bodily Autonomy in India
• Balancing Public Security and Civil Liberties: Recent Developments
• Contemporary Developments to the Rights of Migrants and Refugees
• Ensuring free and fair elections
• Safeguarding Liberty: Striking a Balance Between National Security and Checks and Balances
• The submissions must attempt to exhaustively explain their topic within the limit of 1500-2000 words. However, depending upon the quality and depth of research and its expression, relaxation may be given and the word limit may vary. Therefore, it is recommended to refrain from using a broad topic and to choose a specific one.

Formatting Guidelines

• Submissions should be in Times New Roman, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing, and 1-inch margins on all sides of an A4 sheet.
• Any picture or similar visual representations, if submitted, must be copyright-free.
• All the relevant sources must be duly acknowledged through hyperlinks or footnotes conforming to the Bluebook 21st Edition.
• No endnotes and speaking notes are permitted.
• All manuscripts must be submitted in a .doc or .docx format.

Editorial Guidelines

• Each submission shall undergo two rounds of the review process by the Editorial Board for publication which are formative and substantive.
• About four weeks will be taken to review a submission. Once the review is completed, the author may receive comments suggesting changes to content, style, or structure. Authors should be prepared to make suitable changes to their articles as required by the Editorial Board before publication.
• Please follow up if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the submission of your manuscript.
• The Editorial Board strives to provide substantive feedback for every submission that is received. However, it may not always be possible to do so considering a large number of submissions.
• A submission in consideration at the SCLHR Blog must not concurrently be in consideration elsewhere.
• Posts accepted at the SCLHR Blog cannot be cross-published elsewhere. Articles with plagiarism of more than 20% will be rejected.
• The decision of the Editorial Board is final and binding concerning the publication of the submission.
• Once a blog has been published, no requests shall be entertained for its removal due to cross-publication

Copyright Policy

Copyright of all the entries shall exclusively vest with UPES. The submission would imply that the author has assigned such rights to UPES. SCLHR Blogs 2018-2024 by the Society for Constitutional Law & Human Rights, School of Law, UPES is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. The terms of this license permit third parties to freely copy and redistribute the materials in any medium or format, and to adapt, transform, and build upon the material for non-commercial purposes

Submission Procedure

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Contact Information

Vedant Pratap Singh (Associate Editor, SCLHR) +91 8982239888

Email: sclhr[at]ddn.upes.ac.in