Journal on the Rights of the Child of National Law University Odisha

AIMS AND SCOPE

The journal on the rights of the child offers a platform for inter-disciplinary research and practice based scholarship to understand child rights. We seek to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge to inform policy and practice aimed at promoting children’s well-being and development. It is a key resource for practitioners, policy-makers and scholars seeking a nuanced understanding of issues concerning children and young people in contemporary societies.

PATRON-IN-CHIEF & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Prof Ved Kumari, Vice-Chancellor, NLUO

PATRON

Prof Rangin Pallav Tripathy, Registrar, NLUO

EDITOR

Prof Biraj Swain, Chief Minister’s Chair Professor cum Director, Centre for Child Rights – NLUO

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

• Hon’ble Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur, Chairperson, United Nations Internal Justice Council &Former Judge of Supreme Court of India
• Hon’ble Justice Gita Mittal, Former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court
• Prof Bernd-Deiter Meier, Director, Criminal Justice Institute, University of Hannover, Germany
• Prof Christopher Birbeck, Professor of Criminology, Salford University, Manchester, UK
• Prof Bhabani Prasad Panda, Director, School of Law, KIIT &Former Vice-Chancellor, Maharastra National Law University

EDITORIAL BOARD

• Prof Ved Kumari (Editor-in-Chief), Vice Chancellor, National Law University Odisha Kathajodi Campus, CDA-13, Cuttack – 753015, Odisha
  E-mail: vc@nluo.ac.in
  Profile link: https://nluo.ac.in/faculty/ved-kumari/
• Prof Biraj Swain (Editor), Chief Minsiter’s Chair Professor cum Director, Centre for Child Rights, National Law University Odisha, Kathajodi Campus, CDA-13, Cuttack – 753015, Odisha, India
  E-mail: biraj.swain@nluo.ac.in
  Profile link: https://nluo.ac.in/faculty/swain-biraj-prof/
• Prof Ravinder Barn, Professor of Social Policy, and Head of Law and Criminology Department Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, London
  E-mail: r.barn@rhul.ac.uk
  Profile link: https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/ravinder-barn
• Dr Frederick Phillip Fabian de Moll, Professor of Educational Science Faculty of Education Science Bielefeld University, Germany 3. Konsequenz 41 a 33615 Bielefeld,
  Phone: 86996-+49 521 106
  E-mail: frederick.demoll@uni-bielefeld.de
  Profile link: https://ekvv.uni-bielefeld.de/pers_publ/publ/PersonDetail.jsp?personId=367239485&lang=EN
• Dr Damanjit Sandhu, Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, Arts Block-2, Punjabi University Patiala
  E-mail: Damanjit@pbi.ac.in
  Profile link: http://www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in/Departments/Profiles/68/Profile_P68XA988B.pdf
• Dr Asha Bajpai, (Former) Founder Dean and Professor School of Law, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Flat 22, Juhu, Neelsagar, Gulmohar Road 1, Juhu, Mumbai – 400049, India
  E-mail: bajpaiasha@gmail.com
  Profile link: https://tiss.irins.org/profile/113779
• Dr. Kalpana Purushothaman, Adjunct Faculty, Indian Institute of Psychology and Research, Bangalore Res: 4B, Clivia, Royale Habitat Apartments 19th Main, H S R Layout, Sector II, Bangalore -560104.
  E-mail: kalpana.purushottaman@iipr.in
  Profile link: https://www.iipr.in/faculty.php

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

• Dr Swagatika Samal, Researcher, Centre for Child Rights, NLU Odisha
• Dr Pradipta Kumar Sarangi, Researcher, Centre for Child Rights, NLU Odisha
• Mr Ankit Kumar Keshri,  UNICEF Consultant, Centre for Child Rights, NLU Odisha
• Dr Rashmi Rekha Baug,  Assistant Professor (Law), NLU Odisha
• Dr Shubhanginee Singh, Co-Director cum Assistant Professor (Pol. Sci.), NLU Odisha

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

The journal follows a double-blind peer review policy, ensuring anonymity for both authors and reviewers. Manuscripts are evaluated solely on scholarly merit, originality, and relevance. Reviewers provide constructive feedback, and editorial decisions are based on their assessments, ensuring a fair, unbiased, and rigorous review process to uphold academic integrity.

• Submissions for the Journal is reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Acceptance / rejection of submissions for the publication is conveyed within 4 weeks of the submission
• The Editorial Team takes maximum four weeks for the review of submissions. Once accepted the author cannot publish the accepted piece or any part of it in any other platform (academic, journalistic or blogspace like Medium / Substacketc)
• The author needs be prepared to make required changes as suggested by the editors
• Final editorial changes in the submitted content are subject to the discretion of the editorial board

PLAGIARISM POLICY

The journal adheres to strict plagiarism policy mandated by the University Grants Commission of India. The journal ensures that all the published works are checked for plagiarism and AI through ‘turnitin’ software. Only manuscripts which show minor similarity (i.e., up to 10%) are accepted for publication.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

GENERAL

• The JRCNLUO Journal accepts submissions on a rolling basis.
• All submissions shall be made to ccr@nluo.ac.in with the subject “Submission for CCR – NLUO Journal”
• There are no fees for submission or publication.

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• All submissions must include Author’s bio (50-75 words), social media handles, and an Abstract of the submission (150-300 words).
• All submissions must be original. By submitting a paper / article / commentary / review / fact-sheet / photo-essay, the author undertakes that it has not been submitted, accepted, or published elsewhere.
• Submissions must be made in.doc/.docx formats only
• Along with the submission please provide the Turnitin report
• Please provide citation, reference for any data-point used
• Papers must be 4000-6000 words (original writing, mandatory citation, bibliography in APA style, self-submission of Turnitin report will be appreciated).
• Co-authorship is allowed (order of the authors need to clearly mentioned) and the author for correspondence and contact coordinates need to be clearly mentioned. Self-referencing/ referencing to one’s prior published work allowed but needs to be clearly mentioned in the Bibliography
• Case Commentaries (1500-2000 words) (self-submission of Turnitin report will be appreciated)
• Notes and comments i.e. articles (1500 – 2000 words) (self-submission of Turnitin report will be appreciated)
• Book Review: 1200 – 1500 words (self-submission of Turnitin report will be appreciated)
• Pop Culture Review: 1200-1500 words (self-submission of Turnitin report will be appreciated)
• The content should be written in Times New Roman Font with a size of 12. Line spacing should be 1.
• All the submission will be mandatorily subjected to anti-plagiarism check. Plagiarism and extensive use of AI for writing will result in summary rejection of the submission

Volume – VI, Issue II (October, 2025)

Volume – VI, Issue 1 (2025)

• JRCNLUO Vol.1 (2016)
• JRCNLUO Vol.2 (2018)
• JRCNLUO Vol.5 (2020)

PUBLISHER

Prof Rangin Pallav Tripathy, The Registrar

PUBLISHING BODY

National Law University Odisha

ADDRESS

National Law University Odisha,

Naraj Road, Sector – 13, CDA,

City: Cuttack

Pin Code: 753015

State: Odisha (India)

Email: registrar@nluo.ac.in,

Contact No. +91-671-2338018

Website – www.nluo.ac.in