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Information for Authors

Submission of manuscripts

The Journal of International Criminal Justice invites submission of manuscripts on International Criminal Law, Comparative Criminal Law, Criminology, and Penal Philosophy. Manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor in Chief, accompanied by an assurance that the article has not been published, submitted, or accepted elsewhere.

Authors are requested to submit their manuscript by electronic mail (Word or Windows attachment) to journ.int.cj@virgilio.it; alternatively, a hard copy of the manuscript could be sent by post to the editorial offices, addressed to:

The JICJ Offices
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Boulevard du Pont d'Arve 40
1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland

Length of manuscript

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal should range from 3,000 to 10,000 words in length, including abstract and footnotes. In exceptional circumstances, the Journal will extend this limit to 15,000 words for Articles that make an important contribution to the field.

Format requirement

All manuscripts should be double spaced with single spaced abstract and footnotes. Heavy footnoting is discouraged. Authors are invited to follow the Journal’s style-sheet, which may be obtained from the
Editorial Assistant upon request, or from the Journal’s web page at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/jicjus/for_authors/stylesheet.pdf..

Consideration of manuscripts

Receipt of all manuscripts will be acknowledged immediately, and after receiving comments from two to three referees, notification of acceptance, rejection or need for revision will be given within eight weeks of receipt of manuscript.

Book reviews

The Journal of International Criminal Justice publishes both short book reviews (500-600 words) and longer review essays (1,500-2,000 words).
If you are interested in reviewing a title, please contact Professor Paola Gaeta, Member, Board of Editors and
Book Reviews Editor, for a list of titles that may be available for review. Please provide the following
information: name; institutional affiliation; language competency; a brief explanation of your experience in
the field of international criminal law and justice.

Unsolicited reviews of 500-600 words are also accepted on occasion.

If you are interested in having a title reviewed, please contact Professor Gaeta, with information about the title
in question. Alternatively, non-returnable titles may be mailed directly to:

Prof. Paola Gaeta,
Geneva Academy ect, Boulevard du Pont d’Arve, 1211 Geneva 4,
Switzerland

Preference may be given to reviews of non-English language materials and to reviews of newly published
books.

AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING/PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY

For information about this journal's policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving policy page.