We invite submissions from lawyers, activists, students, journalists among others engaged with issues of human rights, communalism, caste, and the law for publication on both, Citizens for Justice and Peace and Sabrang India. We believe both, the law and judicial directives, need a critical lens. We invite responses to structural and everyday injustices through writing, videos, photos and storytelling.

Below are guidelines for submission, also outlining the broad categories of work we are interested in publishing.*

I) Documentation

• Uploading Material on the Website
• Archiving the Website

II) Writings
IN FACT : ‘In-facts’ (explore an issue factually through brief, analytical segments, divided into subheads. Examples of this can be found here and here)

III) Fact-sheets on human rights issues: Short readable material focusing on a single human rights issue, with facts, figures, legal developments, and executive and policy decisions.

IV) Primers on judgments/judicial decisions/tribunal decision; primers on issues arising from judicial decisions; law commission reports (international, national) (please refer to our guide).

International Law and International Jurisprudence on human rights issue will also require attention.

V) Research papers

• Case Commentaries
• Section Commentaries

Plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated. Acknowledgment should always be made when other works/sources are used. Please respect the effort that other writers have put into their work and maintain honesty in your submissions.

Research volunteers

We invite law students, 3rd year onward, from law schools across the country to work with us on researching various ongoing litigation on human rights issues, from within the courts and through policy decisions of the executive. The work would involve researching on-going litigation processes that CJP and other human rights organizations are involved in, especially those related to diversity, discrimination, land and forest rights, labour and violence, particularly structural violence.

Submission Guidelines

All submissions are to be sent to [email protected]. The subject of the email should be “Submission.”

Pieces can be co-authored. Along with your work, please send a short description of your piece (around 100 words) as well as a two-line bio of the author(s). We accept submissions in both English and Hindi.

Please note that all documents are to be submitted in Microsoft Word format only, videos must be sent via YouTube, and pictures should be embedded in a word document, preferably. If possible, please send a picture to be used along with your piece under the Creative Commons license. If you do not send a picture, the editorial team will pick an appropriate picture to go with your piece.

All submissions will be subject to review by the editorial team of Sabrang. We reserve the right to edit your content for language, structure and style.

We are currently unable to provide remuneration for your work, as we are a non-commercial organization.

Online submission form

All submissions will be subject to review by the editorial team. We reserve the right to edit your content for language, structure and style.

We are currently unable to provide remuneration for your work, as we are a non-commercial organization.

* Pieces may be published on www.cjp.org.in or www.sabrangindia.in depending on the topical nature of your work.