Call for Blogs: Centre for Research and Studies in Human Rights, DNLU Jabalpur (Submit by 20 Apr)

The Centre for Research and Studies in Human Rights (CRaSH), Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, is an endeavor of the University to respond to the emerging regime of Human Rights. The Centre endeavors to undertake interdisciplinary studies involving legal academia and the other stakeholders and contribute in the best possible manner to the global pool of knowledge on this subject.

The society even today believes that once married the spouses could not refuse consent and if there is consent then how can such a consented act of sexual intercourse be considered as rape. Marital rape violates a woman’s right to privacy and her right to live with dignity. It’s a disgraceful violent act committed against a woman. It's time to now question the exception of marital rape in the realm of the basic human right of consent.

What we seek to understand now are the intricacies of the need for the criminalization of the offense, the aspect of infringement of various fundamental rights of married women, the global concept of consent, and ultimately the impact or implications of such a move on the institution of marriage.

CALL FOR BLOGS

In furtherance of this initiative, the Centre is elated to invite contributions from academicians, legal scholars and practitioners, researchers, and students to publish blogs on the theme “Demystifying ‘consent’ in marital rape in India”, on which the Centre recently held a Panel Discussion on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2022. Submissions from interested authors to be made on or before, 20 April, 2022. All undergraduate and post-graduate students are eligible to submit their articles.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• The word-limit for the manuscripts is between 1000-1500 words.

• All submissions must be made in Times New Roman, with heading size 14, font size 12 and spacing 1.5.

• Co-authorship of a maximum of 2 authors is permitted.

• The prescribed citation format is the Bluebook 20^th edition format. All the relevant authorities should be duly acknowledged. Further, if the author relies on a specific document to support an argument, pinpoint citations must be included.

• All the entries should be submitted in (.doc) or (.docx) format.

• The entries must be original, unpublished, and an outcome of the author(s) own efforts. Any form of plagiarism will lead to disqualification for publication on the Blog.

• The title should be brief and one that communicates the topic and conveys the essence of the piece to the reader.

The submission should be made online via submission of the manuscripts at crash@mpdnlu.ac.in, mentioning details of the author(s) and a title for the blog piece.

Note- The subject of the mail for submission should read ‘Submission for CRaSH Blog’.

SELECTION PROCESS

The number of Manuscripts that will be selected for publication shall be subject to the discretion of the Editorial team. Selected Manuscripts will be published after thorough screening, taking into consideration the parameters of content quality.

CONTACT DETAILS

In the case of any queries, contact

Ananya Bhargava (Student Coordinator) +91 9425468809

Ashutosh Chopra (Student Secretary) +91 7985069858

Or mail us at crash@mpdnlu.ac.in.

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