About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The scope of the Journal of Human Rights and Social Development is the dissemination of academic production focused on the defense of human rights and social development, understood as intrinsically related aspects. It aims at dogmatic and/or critical research that seeks to understand the roots of the social and juridical problems that give rise to the current structural deficit in the protection of fundamental rights of all dimensions. Articles eligible for publication must be linked to the area of concentration and lines of research of the Postgraduate Program in Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, covering, in general, the following thematic axes:
- International Cooperation and Human Rights
- Human Rights and Public Policies
- Human Development and Sustainability
- Invisible Groups, Minorities, Poverty, and Vulnerabilities
- Health and Vulnerabilities
The Journal of Human Rights and Social Development gives preference to publications that, inserted in the aforementioned thematic axes, are connected to the defense of minorities and the promotion of rights related to identity segments or groups. In this sense, also gives preference to authors that, besides developing minority and identity themes, present themselves as concrete subjects of the themes developed.
Peer Review Process
Submitted articles go through a double-blind review process. The reviewers may: (1) consider the article apt, without restrictions; (2) consider the article apt, with mandatory corrections, which will be sent to the author and returned to the inspection; (3) refuse publication. In case of conflict of reviews, a third reviewer will be designated by the Editors-in-Chief to evaluate the paper.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
In case a conflict of interest is identified among the reviewers, the Editorial Committee will forward the manuscript to another reviewer ad hoc.
Periodicity - Continuous publication (rolling pass)
The Journal of Human Rights and Social Development adopts the system of continuous publication (rolling pass).
Open Access Policy
The Journal of Human Rights and Social Development provides public access - Open Access - to all its content and is protected by the Licença Creative Commons (CC-BY).
This journal offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater worldwide democratization of knowledge.
APCs (Article Processing Charges) and Submission Charges
The Journal of Human Rights and Social Development does not charge authors any kind of submission or publication fee.
Archiving
This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create an archive system distributed among participating libraries and allows them to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration.
