Journal of International Law and Human Rights

13/01/2026

The main goal of the journal is to provide a platform for students and early-career researchers to publish their work and develop academic publishing skills.

27/12/2022

Dear all,

We have extended the deadline for the second call for papers to January 20th. As a reminder, please find the call for paper.

We are happy to introduce you to the second call for paper of The University of Tartu Journal of International Law and Human Rights. The Journal is an academic law journal focused on questions of international law and human rights. Its first part deals with general issues, treaties and recent cases relevant to International Law and Human Rights, such as the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Vienna Conventions and the International Court of Justice case law. The purpose of this part is to review International Law in the most extensive and elaborate way within the scope of human rights. While its second part is focused on a theme meticulously chosen by the editorial board to reflect the ever-changing world. In this part, the authors have the opportunity to focus more deeply on one subject area currently discussed by scholars.

The Journal was founded at the initiative of Delphine Saint-Martin last year, as she strived to give the opportunity to fellow law students to have enabled them to research issues and questions of international law through the scope of human rights.

The editorial board has made the choice to have the second issue on climate change and human rights/international law, as the issue of climate change is becoming more and more emerging and it has significant impacts on basic human rights, such as right to life, right to food, right to health, water, and sanitation. As such the international response to it is evolving, including United Nations Resolutions, international law, judicial decisions, and domestic law. At the core of international law there is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, under which first the Kyoto Protocol and then the Paris Agreement were set.

The focus of this year’s journal is on various issues that have arisen due to climate change on an international level. To analyze these, there is a broad international climate change legal framework to rely on. Furthermore, as regards human rights issues, besides the basic human rights mentioned beforehand a series of important issues arose. Such as, refugee law and people who are forced to flee because of sea level rise or drought (ex. Human Rights Committee, 2020, Ioane Teitiota against New Zealand case); also for indigenous people rights, who have an intricate relationship with the environment and are consequently affected disproportionately. The children's rights has been invoked in the climate litigation too (United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2019, Chiara Sacchi et al. v. Argentina et al.). Gender based discrimination has been also an important issue on the matter, addressed also by the General Comment No. 37 of CEDAW in 2018.

We ask that you communicate to us via email by January 20th, 2023. Our email address is [email protected] . If it is not possible for you to meet the deadline, you are invited to email us and we can give you an extension accordingly.

Irini Kaci and Rashidakhon Tukhtasinova
Editors in Chief of The University of Tartu Journal of International Law and Human Rights

30/06/2022

Dear all,

We are delighted to announce today the publication of the first issue of The University of Tartu Journal of International Law and Human Rights. This issue is on women’s and minorities’ rights. It was made in collaboration with the members of the Advisory Board, Editorial Board and several authors. We would like to especially thank DPhil Oxford Merilin Kiviorg (Associate Professor in International Law at the University of Tartu) for her kind Editorial.

We hope you find this issue insightful and thought-provoking.

https://oigus.ut.ee/et/journal-of-international-law-and-human-rights

Sincerely yours,

Francesca Akiki and Delphine Saint-Martin
Editors in chief of The University of Tartu Journal of International Law and Human Rights

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07/12/2021

Dear all,

As a friendly reminder we would like to state that the deadline for the papers is approaching on 10 December. However, if you feel like you need an extension, do not hesitate to contact us. 😊

Francesca Akiki and Delphine Saint-Martin
Editors in chief of the Journal of International Law and Human Rights

27/10/2021

Dear all,

The Journal of International Law and Human Rights is an academic law journal focused on questions of international law and human rights. Its first part deals with general issues, treaties and recent cases relevant in International Law and Human Rights, such as the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Vienna Conventions and the International Court of Justice case law. The purpose of this part is to review International Law in the most extensive and elaborate way within the scope of human rights.
While its second part is focused on a theme meticulously chosen by the editorial board to reflect the ever-changing world. In this part, the authors have the opportunity to focus more deeply on one subject area currently discussed by scholars.

The Journal was founded at the initiative of Delphine Saint-Martin as she strived to give the opportunity to fellow law students to have enable them to research issues and questions of international law through the scope of human rights.

The editorial board has made the choice to have the first issue on rights of women and minorities, as there have been more and more resolutions at the United Nations level (UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000)), policies at the regional levels, national initiatives, political speeches at the UN General Assembly recently recognising the role of women and the importance of the protection of their rights. We also wish to highlight the different conventions that have established and furthered women’s rights such as CEDAW, the Istanbul Convention, the 1951 Equal Remuneration Convention and the Geneva Convention I & III. The different world conferences such as the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women have helped discuss women’s rights and raise awareness on these rights. It is also noteworthy that cases such as Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education have had a tremendous impact on the recognition of gender discrimination.

As for rights for minorities, they have also been increasingly recognised in intersection with the rights of women and other rights. These include ethnic rights, rights of persons with disabilities, of the LGBTQIA+ community, etc. These minority rights have been dealt with in the 1994 Human Rights Committee Toonen v Australia case and were addressed in the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. Most recently, the Human Rights Council produced several resolutions on these minority rights such as Resolution 32/2 (2016), Resolution 17/19 (2011), and Resolution 27/32 (2014). In our ever evolving world, the editorial board chose to focus on these rights of women and minorities for the first issue.

The first issue of the Journal of International Law and Human Rights will concentrate on the rights of women and minorities. We invite papers to analyse the way in which international law approaches women’s rights and minorities rights, in conjunction or separately.

We ask that you communicate to us via email your paper by December 10th, 2021. Our email address is [email protected]. If it is not possible for you to meet the deadline, you are invited to email us and we can give you an extension accordingly.

We look forward to receiving your papers,

Sincerely yours,

Francesca Akiki and Delphine Saint-Martin
Editors in chief of the Journal of International Law and Human Rights

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