📢 Call for Papers – HRGS Vol. 4 (2025)

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Dear colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for Volume 4, Issue 1 and Volume 4, Issue 2 of Human Rights in the Global South (HRGS). These forthcoming issues will explore the overarching theme “Rethinking Human Rights in the Era of Climate Crisis, Democratic Decline, and Digital Surveillance.”

We invite scholarly contributions that critically engage with the challenges and transformations facing human rights in these intersecting contexts.

Key dates

  • Issue 1 submission deadline: 15 August 2025
  • Issue 2 submission deadline: 15 September 2025

Suggested sub-themes

  • Climate justice and sustainability
  • Digital rights and technological governance
  • Business and human rights
  • Civic space and democratic governance
  • Vulnerable groups, minorities, and social inclusion
  • Refugees, statelessness, and migration
  • Human rights and environmental defenders
  • Human rights and criminal justice
  • Cultural rights and freedom of expression
  • Freedom of religion or belief
  • War, conflict, and civilian protection
  • Social rights and human well-being

We welcome doctrinal, empirical, and socio-legal pieces that engage critically with these topics from any disciplinary perspective. Interdisciplinary work and Global South viewpoints are especially encouraged.

How to submit

Please review our author guidelines and upload your manuscript through the HRGS submission portal: https://journal.sepaham.or.id/index.php/HRGS/about/submissions

Recognition

Certificates of Appreciation will be awarded to the authors of the best papers in each issue.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our editorial team (hrgs@sepaham.or.id). We look forward to reading your work and continuing the conversation on how human rights can adapt to today’s pressing challenges.

 

Warm regards,

Prischa Listiningrum, S.H., LL.M.

Editor-in-Chief

Human Rights in the Global South (HRGS)