Human Rights Essay Award 2017 for Scholarly Work in International Human Rights Law.
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The Human Rights Essay Award is an annual competition sponsored by the Academy and seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law. Participants have the flexibility to choose any subject related to the assigned topic. The essay has to be a legal article.
2017 Topic
Eligibility
Candidates must hold a law degree and have demonstrated experience or interest in international human rights law.
Each participant must also include a curriculum vitae of no more than three pages in length explaining the experience or interest of the author in human rights issues. Please submit the CV as a separate file from your paper.
The deadline to submit articles is February 1, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T. NO ESSAYS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS TIME.
Essays must be submitted using the online submission page, no emailed entries will be accepted.
Past Winners cannot submit essays in future competitions.
Essay Requirements
Articles must not exceed 35 pages in length, including footnotes**.
Essays must use Times New Roman font, 12-point double-spaced for the body of the essay and 10-point single-spaced for footnotes.
All essays must be on letter size paper (8.5 x 11 inches/21.59 x 27.94 cm) with 1 inch (2.54 cm) margins all around.
Character spacing must be set to normal.
Authors should not put their name or any identifying information in their essays.
Essays will only be accepted in Word format
Any essay that does not follow the guidelines will be reformatted and 5 points will be taken off. If the essay is longer than 35 pages, it will be automatically disqualified.
The essay has to be a legal article; therefore, it will include foot pages and citations. The absence of those will cause that the essay will be disqualified.
Benefits
The Academy will grant two Awards, one for the best article in English and one for the best article in Spanish. The Award in each case will consist of:
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Submission Deadline: February 1st 2017
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