Author Guidelines
The Paix et Sécurité Internationales Journal, publishes articles on International Law and International Relations, specially about the Euro-mediterranean relations and Spanish-Morocco Relations. Publication of contributions is open to all scholars regardless of their nationality. No processing and publication charges should be paid by authors.
Research Papers
Only original and unpublished works will be accepted. Papers should be written in Spanish, French or English, using Microsoft Word (DIN A4, Times New Roman 12, 1.5). Papers will be accepted as Studies (max. 40.000 characters) or Notes (max. 20.000 characters) and they must included title, summary and keywords in English, French and Spanish. Published articles in another language version will be accepted. They can be sent preferably by e-mail to paixetsecurite@uca.es. If the paper can not be sent by e-mail, a printed copy or a file on diskette or CD can be mailed to Miguel Ángel Acosta Sánchez, Director Ejecutivo de la Revista, at: Área de Derecho Internacional Público, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Cádiz, Avda. de la Universidad s/n. 11405 – JEREZ-CADIZ-SPAIN.
Authors will be notified within thirty days of receipt.
Headings, Summary, Keywords, Titles
The work should be structured with the following headings and subheadings: sequence of numerals - I (II, III, IV ...) -1 (2,3,4 ...)-A (B, C, D ...)-a (b, c, d, ...)-i (ii, iii, iv ...). Manuscripts must be accompanied by a Summary in outline form with the numeral order listed above and must contain a summary in Spanish, French and English. Likewise, keywords and a title are required and must also be translated into Spanish, French and English.
Citations
The references must be listed alphabetically by last name of the author, written in capital letters.. Numbered citations should be inserted at the bottom of each page using Arabic numerals.
Book citations must be written in italics (Example, REMI NJIKI, M., El estatuto jurídico de los nacionales de África, Caribe y Pacífico (ACP) en la Unión Europea , Edit. Reus, Madrid, 2019, en pp. 54-92.
In Article citations, the title should have quotation marks, and magazines or collective works should be in italics. (Example, GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA, I. “Immigration in Spain: Migratory Routes, Cooperation with Third Countries and Human Rights in Return Procedures”, Paix et Sécurité Internationales, nº 7, 2019, pp. 201-230).
National and international case law must be cited according to the system of each Court or Tribunal.
The textual references of sentences or paragraphs from works of other authors or documents or judgments should have quotation marks without italics, preferably in the footnotes. Please minimize citations or links to Internet websites.
Release Process
The Editorial Board will decide which papers to publish based on two evaluation reports issued by two specalists outside the editorial organisation of the Journal applying the double blind method. All studies and notes should be reviewed favorably by any member of the Editorial Board, by a specialist or by a reviewer designated by the board. Creativity, exellence, methodology, proposals and the main contributions of the paper will be taken into consideration. Papers will be published under the condition that the authors accept to make the changes suggested by the Review and other pertinent changes in accordance with publishing rules. The communication of the decision regarding publication and revision prior to publication or non-publication, shall be substantiated and shall not exceed six months. Authors of papers accepted for publication will be required to correct proofs, which are to be returned within 48 hours. Substantial changes to the proofs are not allowed. Only the correction of errors regarding the accepted version are authorized.
Books and Book Reviews
Books sent to the Review shall be published on a list of Received Books. The Editorial Board can commission, in certain cases, a Book Review or Comment. Only the Book Reviews commissioned by Paix et Sécurité Internationales Journal will be published.
Copyright
Papers will be published under the condition that the author or authors yield to the Journal exclusive reproduction rights. Paix et Sécurité Internationales is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
Warning
Any breach of these regulations shall constitute grounds for rejection of the manuscript submitted.
