Journal of Human Rights

The Journal of Human Rights is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering human rights studies and practices, and natural and legal rights in context of national and international law, and international relations. It is published by Routledge and is currently housed at the University of Connecticut, Storrs with Shareen Hertel as editor-in-chief. The journal was established in 2001 by founding editor-in-chief Thomas Cushman (Wellesley College).

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed: According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 0.694.
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