Haki Journal of Human Rights
Journal / Haki Journal of Human Rights / Submissions

 

Haki Journal of Human Rights invites submissions of papers from scholars and  practioners in human rights. The Journal is an annual peer-reviewed academic  journal that seeks to provide researchers, scholars and human rights practitioners  with a platform for engaging in human rights theory, practice and advocacy.  

Please note that only papers which strictly adhere to the guidelines below will be  considered. 

1. Title Page 

This must include, in the following order: 

∙ Title of paper. 

∙ Title and Name of author. 

∙ Institutional affiliation of author (e.g. Department and university).  ∙ Authors email address. 

2. Number of Words 

∙ The required number of words is 5,000-8,000 (from the Abstract to the  Conclusion - excluding the title page, abstract and list of references). ∙ Just before your abstract, clearly indicate the number of words in your paper (you can obtain this in MS Word by going to ‘Tools’ then ‘Word Count’). 

3. Abstract 

Include an abstract briefly answering the following questions: 

1. What is the purpose of the paper? 
2. What is the research methodology employed in the preparation of the paper? c. What is the central argument of the paper? 
3. Is the paper relevant to the vision and mission of Haki Journal of Human Rights? 
4. Vision 

A forum for incisive reflection that covers an exceptionally broad spectrum of human  rights issues.  

5. Mission 

Haki Journal of Human Rights is an annual peer reviewed, that operates both Open Access online and hard copy journal which serves to broaden the study and practice  of human rights by fostering a critical re-examination of existing approaches to  human rights from an Afrocentric perspective as well as to develop new perspectives  on the universal theory and practice of human rights. 

6. Key Words 

Give a list of key words/phrases after the Abstract, with the heading ‘Key Words’

1 

preceding them. The words or phrases must be separated by commas. 

7. Introduction 

The Introduction must have the following four elements: 

∙ A very brief background of the issue under discussion. 

∙ A statement of the goal of the paper. 

∙ THESIS OF THE PAPER: a clear but brief statement of your central argument  which guides your discussion throughout the paper. 

∙ A statement of the way in which the paper is divided. 

8. Use of Language 

Authors must ensure that their use of language conforms to the rules of English  grammar and spelling. Towards this end, it is helpful to use a word processor spell  checker. However, extra care must be taken to ensure that the spell checker does not  mislead the author to make changes that distort names of places, names of people or  direct quotations. 

9. Formatting 

9.1. File Format, Fonts and Quotations 

∙ File Format: Microsoft Word. 

∙ Fonts and Paragraphs: Times New Romans, 12 points, 1.5 line spacing,  justified. 

∙ Single Words in Quotation Marks: use double quotation marks, not single  quotation marks. 

∙ Short Quotations: within the text, in double quotation marks, not single  quotation marks. 

∙ Long Quotations: 0.5” left indent, 0.5” right indent, single line spacing. 

9.2. Headings 

Do not use all-capital letters for your headings. Instead, do the following: ∙ Heading 1: centered, bolded, 14 points, 1.5 line spacing. 

∙ Heading 2: aligned left, bolded, 14 points, 1.5 line spacing. 

∙ Heading 3: aligned left, bolded, italicized, 12 points, 1.5 line spacing. ∙ Heading 4: aligned left, italicized, 11 points, single line spacing. 

9.3. Paragraphs 

Leave a free line between paragraphs, and do not indent the first line of a paragraph. 

9.4. Spaces between sentences 

Leave one (1) space between sentences. 

10. In-text References 

∙ Footnotes: for explanatory material only - not for references. 

∙ In-text References: Chicago Manual of Style, author-date-page system, with a 

list of references at the end of the paper. Thus, for example, an intext reference  will appear as (Wiredu 1980, 43) - do not use a colon (“:”) to separate the year  from the page: use a comma (“,”) instead. 

11. List of References 

For a Book 

Smith, K. M. Rhona, 2010. Textbook on International Human Rights. New York: Oxford  University Press Inc.  

For an Edited Book  

Murthy Padmini & Clyde Lanford Smith, Eds. 2010. Women’s Global Health and  Human Rights. Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.  

For Two Books by the Same Author 

Fanon, Frantz. 1963. The Wretched of the Earth. Constance Farrington, trans. New York: Grove Weidenfeld. 

--. 1968. Black Skin, White Masks. C.L. Markmann, Trans. New York: Grove Press. 

For an Article in a Book (see the following two entries) Rosenfield, Allan, 2010. ‘Global Women’s Rights and Human Rights.’ In Murthy Padmini  & Clyde Lanford Smith, eds. 2010, pp.1-7. [Note that the page numbers come immediately after the full stop (pp.1-27, NOT pp. 1-27).] 

For a Journal Article 

Munaaba N. Favian , 2004. ‘Human Rights and Legal Pluralism Linking Women’s Realities to  Laws and Practices.’ The East African Journal of Human Rights & Democracy, Vol.2 No.1, March 2004, pp.1-22. 

Note that for journal articles: 

∙ All articles are properly in double quotation marks (open and close quotes). ∙ Journal volumes and issue numbers have no spaces after them (e.g. Vol.1 No.1, NOT Vol. 1 No. 1). 

∙ Page numbers have no spaces after them (e.g. pp.1-10, NOT pp. 1-10). 

For an Unpublished Thesis 

Mugambi, Gitari, 2020. ‘The role of civil society organizations in Framing  LGBT community rights in Kenya.’ Unpublished MA dissertation at the University of Nairobi. 

For further guidance on the Chicago Style, see www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi bin/hfs.cgi/00/15542.ctl