African Human Rights Law Journal
Last updated ISSN 1609-073X
African Human Rights Law Journal is published by Pretoria University Law Press in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in African Human Rights Law Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Human Rights and Development
- Legal Issues in South Africa
- International Law and Human Rights
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
- International Human Rights and Reproductive Law
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Environmental law and policy
Key facts
| Publisher | Pretoria University Law Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1609-073X, 1996-2096 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 614 |
| Publishing since | 2000 |
| Journal website | www.chr.up.ac.za/centre_publications/ahrlj/ahrlj.htm |
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