JHRLP Scope

This Journal aims to throw light on the fundamental rights of a human being. In order to live with dignity, certain basic rights and freedom are necessary, which all human beings are entitled to. These basic rights are called Human Rights. Human rights belong to everyone, everywhere, regardless of nationality, sexuality, gender, race, religion, or age.

The foundation of modern human rights is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This Journal of Human Rights Law and Practice invites research scholars, Practitioners, Professors, and delegates who are interested in research work to have an eye view on both national and international perspectives related to Human Rights Law and the Declarations that were adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly which have been integrated into national laws and international treaties in due course of time. The core values of the UDHR - human dignity, fairness, equality, non-discrimination - apply to everyone and everywhere.

Focus & Scope

  • Foundations of Human Rights Law: Research on the philosophical, constitutional, ethical, and jurisprudential foundations of human rights, including dignity, equality, liberty, justice, autonomy, and the relationship between individual rights and state obligations.
  • International Human Rights Law: Studies on international human rights treaties, conventions, customary international law, United Nations human rights mechanisms, treaty bodies, special procedures, and the implementation of international human rights obligations at national and regional levels.
  • Constitutional and Fundamental Rights: Research on constitutional guarantees of fundamental rights, judicial interpretation, constitutional remedies, due process, equality, dignity, privacy, freedom of expression, religious freedom, and socio-economic rights, with particular attention to developments in India.
  • Human Rights Enforcement and Accountability: Examination of courts, commissions, tribunals, ombuds institutions, national human rights institutions, international monitoring bodies, complaint mechanisms, remedies, reparations, and other systems for the enforcement and protection of human rights.
  • Human Rights Violations and Access to Justice: Research on discrimination, arbitrary detention, custodial violence, torture, forced displacement, trafficking, exploitation, denial of basic rights, and barriers to legal remedies, including institutional responses to human rights violations.
  • Rights of Women, Children, and Gender Minorities: Studies on gender equality, violence and discrimination, reproductive rights, child protection, education, health, family law, workplace rights, gender identity, sexual orientation, and legal measures designed to protect vulnerable groups.
  • Rights of Marginalized and Disadvantaged Communities: Research on the rights and social justice concerns of economically disadvantaged persons, scheduled castes and tribes, indigenous peoples, minorities, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees, older persons, and other marginalized communities.
  • Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: Examination of the rights to health, education, housing, livelihood, food, water, sanitation, social security, culture, and decent working conditions, including state obligations and policy frameworks for their realization.
  • Civil and Political Rights: Research concerning freedom of speech and expression, association, assembly, religion, movement, voting rights, political participation, privacy, personal liberty, fair trial, and protection against arbitrary state action.
  • International Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict: Studies on the protection of human rights during armed conflicts, international humanitarian law, war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, treatment of civilians and prisoners, and accountability under international criminal law.
  • Torture, Capital Punishment, and Criminal Justice: Legal and policy research on torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, custodial rights, death penalty jurisprudence, prison conditions, policing, criminal procedure, fair trial rights, and human rights safeguards within justice systems.
  • Business and Human Rights: Research on corporate responsibility, human rights due diligence, labour rights, supply chains, environmental and social impacts of business activity, corporate accountability, and national and international frameworks governing business conduct.
  • Technology, Privacy, and Digital Rights: Studies on data protection, surveillance, artificial intelligence, algorithmic discrimination, cybersecurity, freedom of expression online, digital access, platform governance, biometric technologies, and emerging human rights issues in the digital environment.
  • Migration, Refugees, and Displacement: Research on refugee law, asylum, migration governance, statelessness, internal displacement, trafficking, border controls, citizenship, deportation, and human rights protections for migrants and displaced populations.
  • Human Rights, Public Policy, and Governance: Analysis of legislation, public policy, administrative action, welfare programs, institutional governance, and law-reform initiatives affecting the protection and realization of human rights.
  • Indian Human Rights Law and Comparative Perspectives: Research on human rights under the Constitution of India, the role of courts and the National Human Rights Commission, statutory protections, public-interest litigation, and comparative studies placing Indian human rights law within regional and international frameworks.