Call For Papers: HAKI Journal of Human Rights Premiere Issue 2021

E: Preparing your manuscript for submission

1. Formatting 

1. Manuscript should be submitted in Word, font 12, Times Roman, double spaced.

   Title and Author Information: the following information should be included:

             Paper title       

            Author and all co-author(s) names

            Affiliation of the institution

            E-mail addresses and contact details of author and all co-authors.

2. Introduction: This section should be succinct, with no subheading and no references.
3. Use‘s’ spellings instead of ‘z’ spellings. This means that words ending with ‘ize’, ‘ization’, etc., will be  spelt  with ‘s’ (e.g., ‘recognise’, ‘organise’, ‘civilise’).Use British spellings in all cases rather than American spellings (hence, ‘programme’ not ‘program’, ‘labour’  not ‘labor’, and ‘centre’ and not ‘center’).
4. Use single quotes throughout. Quotations of 45 words or more should be separated from the text and indented with one space with a line space above and below.
5. Use ‘twentieth century’, ‘1980s’. Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurements, use only figures (3 km, 9 per cent, not %). In addition, use figures for numbered sections of documents (e.g. Article 2 of the Constitution).
6. Use of italics should be minimised, but used consistently. Tables and figures to be indicated by numbers separately (see Table 1), not by placement (see Table below).
7. Avoid local references such as ‘our Constitution’, ‘our country’ etc.
8. For references to males, females or intersex persons, avoid using gender-specific pronouns such as ‘he’ or ‘she’. Instead, pluralize the pronouns or repeat the nouns.
9. References: HJHR adheres to two methods of Citation.
   1. APA (American Psychological Association) citation Style
   2. OSCOLA (Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities) citation style for research papers related to Law & Legal Affairs.
   3. Authors are responsible for ensuring that the information in each reference is complete and accurate.

2.       Editorial Policies

Peer review

• is a peer-reviewed journal, which follows a doubly blinded review process.
• Under the process, an author's scholarly work and research is subjected to the scrutiny of other experts at  two different levels in the same field to check its validity and evaluate its suitability for publication.
• The article would then on be accepted /not accepted or accepted after modification which the author is required to carry out subsequently.

Plagiarism

• HJHR takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we shall endeavour to investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice.
• Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software.
• Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to:
  • Publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article;
  • Taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author’s institution  and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or
  • Taking appropriate legal action.