Human Rights Law Review

Aims & Scope

Launched in 2001, Human Rights Law Review seeks to promote awareness, knowledge, and discussion on matters of human rights law and policy.

While academic in focus, the Review is also of interest to the wider human rights community, including those in governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental spheres, concerned with law, policy, and fieldwork.

The Review publishes critical articles that consider human rights in their various contexts, from global to national levels, book reviews, and a section dedicated to analysis of recent jurisprudence and practice of the UN and regional human rights systems.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	1.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8108

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	215

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.699

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Out of Darkness into Light? Introducing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  Citation: 259

  Authors: R., P.

• Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and International Human Rights Law: Contextualising the Yogyakarta Principles

  Citation: 107

  Authors: M., J.

• Challenging Corporate 'Humanity': Legal Disembodiment, Embodiment and Human Rights

  Citation: 81

  Authors: A.

• International Recognition of Victims' Rights

  Citation: 68

  Authors: M. C.

• Abortion as a Human Right--International and Regional Standards

  Citation: 59

  Authors: C., J. M.

• Navigating the 'Flashing Amber Lights' of the Right to Legal Capacity in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Responding to Major Concerns

  Citation: 50

  Authors: P.

• The Creativity of the European Court of Human Rights

  Citation: 49

  Authors: A.

• The Concluding Observations of United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies

  Citation: 47

  Authors: M.

• The Human Rights of Older Persons: A Growing Challenge

  Citation: 46

  Authors: F.

• Universality or Diversity of Human Rights?: Strasbourg in the Age of Subsidiarity

  Citation: 45

  Authors: R.

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