London, April 17 2015

The Equal Rights Trust is accepting papers for the fifteenth edition of its Equal Rights Review (ERR), an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal on equality. Launched in 2008 and released bi-annually, the journal is a resource for those seeking to combat discrimination or promote equality globally.

Volume Fifteen of the ERR has a “Special” focus on equality in employment, and articles relating to this are particularly welcomed, including those which explore: the intersection between equality and employment as a right, and/or discrimination and inequality in employment. In addition, other contributions on all aspects of equality law, policy or practice at a national, regional or global level will be accepted for consideration. The deadline for article submissions is Monday, 29 June 2015.

About the Equal Rights Review

The ERR contains legal, philosophical, sociological and other articles, interviews and testimony on equality. Not limited geographically, it is a medium of exchange on equality issues between different national and regional experts, policy makers and practitioners. The journal’s particular focus is on the complex relationship between the different forms of discrimination, the relationship between equality and other human rights and on developing strategies for translating the principles of equality into practice. Each volume contains: a general articles section; a “Special” containing a number of articles and commentaries on one focus area; and a selection of interviews, testimony and updates relating to matters of equality and non-discrimination. Past volumes of the journal are available here.

Prospective authors are advised that:

All submitted articles will be considered by our Editorial team. Articles which are not deemed thematically suitable for the following volume will be considered for future volumes subject to authors' consent.

Shortlisted articles are subjected to a double blind peer review prior to being accepted for publication, enabling the author to receive comments from leading experts.

The ERR is available free of charge online and in leading University libraries as well as being distributed to over 7,000 academics, activists and advocates. Accordingly, authors’ articles reach a wide audience.

Submission Process and Deadline

Articles must be submitted by email attachment in a Microsoft Word file together with a brief abstract (max 200 words), contact details and a one sentence self-description of the author, to ERR_submissions@equalrightstrust.org. After the submission deadline, the author(s) will then be required to be available to respond to the comments of peer reviewers in July and August 2015.

Article Guidelines

Articles should be original, unpublished work.

Articles must be written in United Kingdom English.

Articles should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words in length.

Articles must contain footnote referencing and adhere to the ERT style guide, which is available here.

For further information regarding submissions, please email: joanna.whiteman@equalrightstrust.org.