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The UCL Student Human Rights Review is an annual academic journal edited by the students of University College London. It was first launched in 2008 as part of the UCL Student Human Rights Programme, and aims to collect and present human rights related articles from a wide range of academics, prominent practitioners and students. It was established to promote inter-disciplinary debate as part of an over-arching goal to foster a culture of human rights. The current edition of the Review will be launched in October 2009. Issues discussed in the first edition of the Review cover a wide range of topics, and the current editorial team aims to make the 2009 issue even more comprehensive. Editorial Advisors and Patron The Editorial Advisors and Patron of the Review are well-respected and noted academics and practitioners. Patron - Baroness Hale of Richmond Faculty Advisors for Volume 1 - Dawn Oliver George Letsas Colm O’Cinneade The Faculty Advisors for Volume 2 are yet to be confirmed. Current Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Pasquale Annicchino Deputy-Editor-in-Chief: Justin Leslie Printing Strategy Manager: Chris Appleby Technology Liaison Officer: Amy Bharucha Literature Analyst: Naureen Shameen Literature Analyst: Harriet Holmes Academic Coordinator: Yuvraj Joshi Executive Strategic Planning Editor: Illias Trispiotis Editorial Support: Kai Zhang Criteria for Submission of Essays by Students Essays submitted by students must be of high academic standard (first class - 70% and above), and no more than 10,000 words long. Examples of topics are those used in the 2008 edition - "Human Rights and the Private Sphere"; Dawn Oliver "Their Lordships' Timorous Souls"; Tom Rainsbury "Are Laws Proscribing Incitement to Religious Hatred Compatible with Freedom of Speech?"; David Norris The full text of these and other articles from Volume 1 can be found on the Review website - Submissions must be in electronic form and should be emailed to hrreview@uclshrp.com no later than the 20th June 2009.
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