About This Journal
The International Journal of Human Rights Education publishes articles; reviews of books, reports and curricula; pedagogy, community, and praxis pieces; community-based commentary and artwork from the global field of human rights education. IJHRE is co-recipient of the inaugural Human Rights in Higher Education Award from the University and College Consortium for Human Rights Education.
Articles: The International Journal of Human Rights Education accepts article submissions that are between 7,000-9,000 words (inclusive of references) utilizing APA citation style. Diverse methodological and theoretical perspectives are encouraged. Authors collecting data must have Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRBPHS) or other approval for the ethical collection of data. Authors must attest to honoring ethical standards to the ownership and creation of the work they present; this Journal will not tolerate plagiarism in any form.
Reviews: The Journal will also feature reviews of new books, curricula and reports in the field of human rights education. Suggestions can be emailed and/or books/reports/curricula mailed to [email protected]. These reviews should be 1,000-1,500 words (inclusive of references).
Pedagogy, Community, and Praxis/Community-Based Commentary: Pedagogy, Community, and Praxis pieces or commentary can be up to 2,000-6,000 words (inclusive of references) and pertain to engaged projects, the process of developing new materials, and/or reflections from the field.
Artwork: Artists whose work addresses human rights education are encouraged to submit images that will be considered for the cover of each issue of the journal. Artists will be credited on the journal website. For consideration, please email your original image (no larger than 25MB) to [email protected].
For all submissions, please see Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details. Although our hosting site bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article in Microsoft Word file that the editorial team will then convert to a PDF file upon final approval.
IJHRE Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to write articles, reviews, or commentary pieces is not accepted by the Journal. All written work, tables, and figures submitted must be written, edited, and analyzed by the authors without the use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies and software when drawing conclusions or providing discussion or analysis. The only AI-assisted technologies and software permitted in the editing process are to improve clarity and or readability, e.g., non-substantive edits.
Authors must disclose any use of AI in their work for the purposes of transparency and academic honesty. AI can not be listed as an author or hold any accountability, therefore authors are solely responsible for all content’s originality and citations. A disclosure must be added to all works that utilize AI technologies for any reason with an explanation of what purpose it served and that the authors take full responsibility for all content submitted.
Disclosure statement to utilize this format:
During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] for the purpose of [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.
