Background to the African Human Rights Law Journal
Welcome to the website of the African Human Rights Law Journal (AHRLJ), a leading peer-reviewed journal focused on human rights related topics of relevance to Africa, Africans and scholars of Africa. As democratic practices and the protection of human rights struggle to become rooted in Africa, the Journal aims to contribute towards strengthening indigenous African scholarship.
The first issue of the AHRLJ appeared in 2001. Since then, the Journal has appeared twice a year, in July and December, without interruption.
The full text of the AHRLJ is made freely available online immediately upon publication. The AHRLJ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
The copyright of articles are retained by the author(s), without restriction; and the author(s) also retain publishing rights.
The Journal does not have any submission or article processing charges.
The AHRLJ is published by the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) which took over from Juta as publisher in 2013. It is published in association with the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
The AHRLJ still publishes a small amount of printed copies for each volume, which are sent out to the required Legal Depository addresses as per the Legal Deposit Act, Act 54 of 1997. All journal content, dating back to the first issue of 2001, is available and will be maintained on the Journal’s web site (www.ahrlj.up.ac.za). Earlier issues of the Journal are also availabel from JUTA Publisher (https://juta.co.za/catalogue/african-human-rights-law-journal-2000-2012-online_22320/).
The Journal is published only in English.
Feedback and criticism: Any suggestions for improving any aspect of the Journal, including its content and editorial approach, are welcomed, and should be submitted at any time to:
Management of the African Human Rights Law Journal
Editors
Publication Manager
Isabeau de Meyer
Programme Manager, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
International editorial advisory board
The Journal has an editorial board consisting of recognized experts in the field. As at 1 January 2020, the followings were members of the Board:
Abstracting and indexing articles from the African Human Rights Law Journal
The African Human Rights Law Journal may be found in the following databases:
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
- Africanlii: https://africanlii.org/ or https://africanlii.org/catalog/243
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): https://doaj.org/
- Sabinet: https://journals.co.za/content/journal/ju_ahrlj or https://blog.sabinet.co.za/
- Saflii: http://www.saflii.org/za/journals/AHRLJ/
- Scielo: http://www.scielo.org.za/revistas/ahrlj/iaboutj.htm
- Google Scholar
- SCOPUS