The Nigerian National Human Rights Commission Journal (NNHRCJ) is a peer-reviewed journal published annually by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The NHRC is mandated by its constitutive Act, among other things, to “promote an understanding of public discussions of human rights issues in Nigeria,” and to “undertake research and educational programmes and such other programmes for promoting and protecting human rights.” The NNHRCJ provides a platform for human rights scholars and practitioners to advance cutting-edge scholarship on theoretical and practical human rights issues in Nigeria and beyond.

Open Access Policy

Like every other publication of the NHRC, the NNHRCJ is circulated to the public and the scholarly community free of charge. The goal is to support academic research and promote knowledge dissemination.

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN, OFR

Executive Secretary

National Human Rights Commission

Managing Editor

Professor Nsongurua Udombana, LLD, FCArb

Head, Human Rights Institute

National Human Rights Commission

Editorial Assistants

Dorothy Amah

Chinyere Oratokhai

Emilia Onyenaturuchi Ogu

Advisory Board

Hon. Justice Mary Odili

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court

Professor Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile

School of Law, University of Arkansas

Professor Deji Adekunle, SAN

Executive Director, Juritrust

Professor Joy Ezeilo, SAN

Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria

Professor Uchenna Emelonye

Chief Executive Officer, AfriRights

Visiting Professor, Bournemouth University

Professor Omoniyi Bukola Akinola

Faculty of Law, Baze University

Stanley Ibe

Senior Partner, Goodshare & Maxwells

Submission Guidelines

The Nigerian National Human Rights Commission Journal welcomes cutting-edge articles that address novel, contemporary, practical, and policy-oriented human rights issues from scholars and practitioners. Submissions are received and reviewed on a rolling basis. Contributors should conform to the following guidelines:

1. Manuscripts should average between 7,000 and 9,000 words in length, including footnotes. Manuscripts longer than 9,000 words will not be considered. 

2. All manuscripts should be sent with an abstract of not more than 150 words (forming part of the total word length). 

3. The Journal also welcomes ‘Case Law Reviews’ relating to human rights (not exceeding 2500 words) and ‘Book Reviews’ (not exceeding 1,500 words). 

4. Authors are responsible for the originality, validity, and integrity of the content of their manuscript. The Journal checks all submissions for plagiarism and substantive AI-generated contents before review. Submissions that violate academic integrity and transparency will be rejected outright.

5. Manuscripts submitted to the Journal must not have been submitted or published elsewhere. 

6. Each submission should be in Microsoft Word format, Times New Roman 12 font size, 1.5line spacing. 

7. The Journal uses only footnotes in 9 font size, numbered consecutively and corresponding with ‘markers’ in the text. 

8. The Journal uses ‘UK English.’ 

9. The Journal uses only the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) reference style. Authors should ensure strict compliance. Manuscripts that do not conform to the style guidelines will be rejected out of hand. The OSCOLA Quick Reference Guide may be downloaded at: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/migrated/oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012quickreferenceguide.pdf.

10. Author or authors (in the case of co-authorship) should indicate on the title page (as a foot note) their name(s), degree, institutional affiliation, email address, mobile number, and ORCID identifier (where available). 

11. Only manuscripts that have met the above guidelines will be sent out for blind peer-review. 

12. The Journal will ensure timely reviews and notifications. 

13. Authors undertake in advance to revise their manuscripts if so required after peer-review. 

14. The Journal does not charge processing fees of any kind. 

Contact Information 

All manuscripts should be submitted electronically to: 

The Editor-in-Chief, NNHRCJ [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] 

For further enquiries, please contact: +234 816 253 5799