About the Journal

Focus and Scope

INTER: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS, is a publication linked to the line of research of International Law and Human Rights of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Its mission is the diffusion of academic Works related to the áreas of International Law and Human Rights.

Peer Review Process

The Journal has a permanent body of reviewers, members of brazilian and international universities.

The submissions to the journal pass through a process of double-blind review (avaliação duplo cega por pares), conducted by at least two specialists on the subject of each article.

The revierews can consider the capable (and even so make suggestions), with mandatory corrections (that will be sent to the author and returned to the reviewer for the conference) or refuse the publication. To become able for the publication the article can’t have any opinion that would reject it, but an article may be published whose opinion of the evaluator requires mandatory corrections.

Return to the authors: After the evaluation, the articles return to the authors for science and eventual corrections. After corrections are made, there are two conferences, one made by the reviewer and other by the executive commission, for the effective certification that the requested corrections were made.

The Editor and the Executive Committee of the Journal set up a previous editorial agenda, attending to the qualities criteria, minimum number necessary of articles and exogenous of 80%. After formatting the agenda, the Editorial Committee group up to evaluate the set of accepted articles and end the selection.

The Journal also publishes an article of great academic relevance from guests. This article is evaluated by the Editorial Committee, that analyses the thematic pertinence with focus and scope of the Journal and formal rules of publication.

Publication Frequency

Semestral.

Open Access Policy

This Journal offers free immediate access to its content, following the principle that making it available for free scientific knowledge to the public provides a worldwide democratization of knowledge.