Themes Addressed 

Each edition of the Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights contains significant theoretical contributions while also being a dossier of information on the cross-cultural application of a specific area of Human Rights law. Some of the topics addressed in previous issues include: 

The Prevention of Torture in Southern Europe; 
Indigenous Rights; 
Women in Mediterranean Societies; 
Immigrants' Rights; 
Theoretical and Historical Perspectives on Human Rights; 
International Peace-Keeping; 
The Impact of Human Rights Law on Civil Law Concepts. 

A special edition (Volume Two No. 1 ) was entirely dedicated to: The Establishment of a Permanent International Criminal Court. 

Future issues are planned on: 

Politics, Law and Religion in the Mediterranean; 
Human Rights and the Balkan Crisis; 
Environmental Rights; 
Ethnic Groups and Minorities; 
Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights; 
the Right to Privacy in Southern Societies; 
The Regional Application of Human Rights. 

Scholars who regularly contribute to the Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights include such leading figures as: 

Guido Alpa; 
M. Cherif Bassiouni; 
Vojin Dimitrijevic; 
Giuliano Vassalli.