Journal of Trafficking and Human Exploitation

Executive Editor and Creator

Nicole Siller

Lecturer, Deakin University School of Law, Australia  

Editorial Board

Jean Allain

Professor of Law

Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia

Extraordinary Professor

Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Afric

Michelle Madden Dempsey

Associate Dean of Faculty Research and Development

Professor of Law

Villanova University School of Law, USA

Luuk Esser

Researcher

Dutch Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children, also affiliated as an external PhD Candidate with Leiden Law School, The Netherlands 

Kai Lindenberg

Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Jenny S. Martinez

Associate Dean for Curriculum

Professor of Law

Christopher Professor in the Practice of International Law and Diplomacy

Stanford Law School, USA

Mohamed Y. Mattar

Executive Director, The Protection Project

Clinical Professor of Law 

Qatar University College of Law, Qatar

Megan K. Mattimoe

Executive Director

Advocating Opportunity, USA

Tomoya Obokata

Professor of International Law and Human Rights

Keele University School of Law, The United Kingdom

Ryszard Piotrowicz

Professor of Law

Aberystwyth University, The United Kingdom

Julia Planitzer

Scientific Associate

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Austria

Shea Rhodes

Director, The Villanova Law Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation 

Villanova University School of Law, USA

Conny Rijken

Professor of Human Trafficking and Globalization

Tilburg University, The Netherlands 

Gert Vermeulen

Director, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy

Professor of Law

Ghent University, Belgium

Max Waltman

Visiting Research Fellow

Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, USA  

Gus Waschefort

Senior Lecturer

Authors’s guidelines

Editorial policy

The Journal of Trafficking and Human Exploitation (JTHE) is primarily concerned with addressing legal issues involving the trade in human beings and their exploitation. As such, it will publish academic articles and essays  which discuss and debate the legal and policy issues involving prevention, intervention, investigations, prosecution, individual, state and corporate responsibility, and the actual codified offenses, their application in practice, subsequent judicial interpretation and any ramifications emanating therefrom. Additionally, the JTHE will also publish significant case notes and relevant book reviews.

Publications Ethics

The JTHE editors will operate in alignment with the Code of Conduct for Journal Editors developed by COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.

Potential conflict of interest

Conflict of interest exists when an author (or the author’s institution), reviewer, or editor has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions (such relationships are also known as dual commitments, competing interests, or competing loyalties).

Editors who make final decisions about manuscripts must have no personal, professional, or financial involvement in any of the issues they might judge.

All participants in the peer-review and publication process must disclose all relationships that could be viewed as potential conflicts of interest.

When authors submit a manuscript, whether an article or another publication, they are responsible for disclosing all financial and personal relationships that might bias their work.

JTHE Peer review process

The JTHE peer reviews all the material it receives, internally and externally.

In order to ensure that the review process can be as efficient as possible for both authors and reviewers, all manuscripts are initially reviewed internally and then a decision is made about whether to send the paper for external review. The manuscript may be accepted, considered acceptable with revisions, or rejected.

The reviewers are specifically queried  on the scientific originality, quality and correctness.

Manuscripts will be reviewed with due respect for the authors’ confidentiality.

Criteria for acceptance:

Importance and interest to this journal's readership

Scientific soundness

Originality

Degree to which conclusions are supported

Organization and clarity

Cohesiveness of argument

Length relative to information content

Conciseness and writing style

Appropriateness for the targeted journal and specific section of the journal

Content

Editorial

Articles and Essays
Articles and Essays will include theoretical and/or practical discussions on the codified offenses of trafficking and human exploitation, their application and interpretation. These submissions are particularly welcome in the journal and will provide a back-drop for future academic commentary and research.

Word count: 8000 words; refs  included

References: 30+

Case notes 
Cases can radically reform large areas of the law and affect legal practice in other arenas. A regular opportunity for case commentaries will ensure that the journal is at the forefront of significant legal developments.

Word count: 3500 words; refs  included

References: 15+

Book/manual/legislative guide reviews

Word count: 2500 words; refs  included

References: 15+

Submission of Contributions

Contributions should be submitted by e-mail, in Word to the Chief-Editor. Contributions will be considered for publication by the editors on the understanding that the articles have not previously been published and are not under consideration elsewhere.

The length of the articles should usually be no longer  then mentioned above.

The title page should have the following information:

1. Article title.

2. Author(s) names and institutional affiliations.

3. The name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed.

4. Contact information for corresponding authors.

5. Source(s) of support in the form of grants.

6. Word counts.

7. The number of figures and tables.

Conflict-of-Interest Notification Page

When authors submit a manuscript, whether an article or another publication, they are responsible for disclosing all financial and personal relationships that might bias their work. To prevent potential conflicts of interest from being overlooked or misplaced, this information needs to be part of the manuscript.

An author maybe asked to complete a Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form.

An abstract of not more than 250 words should be submitted with the article.

Authors will be asked to submit at least three key words with their article.

For more details instructions see the ‘Editing instructions’

For information on copyright ownership see 'Rights and permissions'