Submissions

Author Guidelines

General instructions

Submissions are accepted in Microsoft Word format or equivalent (PDF files will not be accepted).

Submissions must be original, unpublished, and written in Spanish or English. They should be sent without stating the name or signature of the author or authors, anonymizing the manuscript in such a way that their identity is preserved throughout the review process.

Separately, authors must attach their personal data, institutional affiliation, a brief curriculum that does not exceed four lines, an email address, and their ORCID profile.

Papers will be received through the Open Journal System, which is accessed through this portal.

To ensure the anonymity of peer reviews, every effort must be made to prevent authors from knowing the identity of the reviewers and vice versa. To this end,

* authors must erase their names from the text and avoid self-referencing.

* for Microsoft Office documents, the author’s identification must be removed from the file properties: File > Save As > Tools (or Options on Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties when saving > Save.

Research Articles

Research papers and scientific contributions must be original and address human rights issues in a broad sense (theoretical, practical, historical, systematic, etc.), but always from a primarily legal approach (although other disciplines and perspectives may also be addressed).

They must include a title, an abstract of a maximum of 300 words, and 4 keywords, all in both Spanish and English.

Length: between 8000 and 18000 words.

Style

Submissions must follow the following style:

Format

A4 size with 2.5 cm margins

Typography

Title: Times New Roman, bold, 14 points, 1.5 spacing

Text: Times New Roman, 12 points, 1.5 spacing

Quotes of more than 40 words: Times New Roman, 10 points, single spacing, 1.5 cm indentation for the entire paragraph

Footnotes: Times New Roman, 10 points, single spacing

Subtitles (maximum three sublevels): Times New Roman, bold, 12 points, 1.5 spacing

Alignment

All text and headings should be aligned to the left, without using indents or tabs. Do not leave spaces between paragraphs.

Please avoid using underlining or bold typography. When necessary to emphasize a word, please use quotation marks or italics.

Citations and bibliography

For citations and bibliographic references, please follow APA (American Psychological Association) 7th edition standards.

Authors are recommended to avoid self-referentiality.

Bibliography

It must be arranged in alphabetical order, and in chronological order when several works by the same author are cited. If there are works by the same author with the same date, they must be identified by adding a lowercase letter, for example: (2006a), (2006b).

Citations of legislation and jurisprudence

References to cited legislation and jurisprudence will be placed in a footnote (when cited in the text) or after the bibliography.