National University “Odesa Law Academy”
Association for Academic Studies of Human Rights and Constitutionalism
Riga Nordic University
Сollective monograph
PUBLIC LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND DECENTRALIZATION IN FRANCE AND UKRAINE: FROM HISTORY TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Deadline – October 24, 2025
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We invite you to participate in the activities of the authors’ team in order to elaborate a collective monograph “Public Law, Human Rights, and Decentralization in France and Ukraine: From History to European Integration”.
The monograph is published by the European publishing house “Izdevnieciba “Baltija Publishing” (Riga, Latvia) and recommended for printing by the institution’s academic council. Reviewers, who are mentioned in the monograph’s output data, guarantee an independent review.
The monograph is awarded ISBN that permits authors to participate in developing the collective scientific paper published in the country of the EU.
DOI is assigned to every article included in the collective monograph that allows the authors to find their scientific work on the Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI) site, which was developed by specialists of the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine on behalf of the Collegium of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The monograph will be available on the website of the European publisher “Izdevnieciba “Baltija Publishing” at the link.
The authors of the collective monograph’s section receive an electronic layout of the collective monograph (as of 2026) and a certificate.
Why is the publication of the monograph section valuable?
(for fulfilling the licensing conditions,
to obtain the degree of Doctor and Candidate of Sciences,
for awarding the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), for young scientists)
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Barvinenko Vitalii – Head of the Odessa Regional Council, MP of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VI–VIII convocations), Doctor of Law;
Hloviuk Iryna – Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminology, Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine;
Drohoziuk Kristina – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Civil, Notarial and Executive Process, National University “Odesa Law Academy”, PhD in Law, Associate Professor;
Djakons Romans – Dr.sc.ing., Professor, Academician, Chairman of the Board of Riga Nordic University;
Mishyna Natalia – Researcher at SAGE of the University of Strasbourg (France), Professor at the Department of Constitutional Law, National University “Odesa Law Academy”, Director and Member of the Association “Academic Studies of Human Rights and Constitutionalism”, Doctor of Law, Professor;
Sinkevych Olena – Professor at the Department of Constitutional Law of the Educational-Scientific Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Co-Founder and Member of the Association “Academic Studies of Human Rights and Constitutionalism”, Doctor of Law, Professor;
Fedorova Alla – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Comparative and European Law of the Educational-Scientific Institute of International Relations Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Researcher at MSCA of Palacký University in Olomouc (Czech Republic), Member of the European Committee of Social Rights, PhD in Law.
MONOGRAPH TARGET TOPICS:
- Human Rights in France and Ukraine.
- Public Authorities and Decentralization Issues in France and Ukraine.
- Public Law in Ukraine and France: History and Contemporary Development.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE:
To publish contributions in the collective monograph, authors should act as follows:
- fill in an application form and send a manuscript to law@cuesc.org.ua for peer-review before October 24, 2025;
- send a copy of the payment confirmation following the manuscript’s approval for publication.
Re: Collective monograph on law.
KEY DATES
The submission of application forms and articles for publishing in the monograph: before October 24, 2025 (inclusively).
Feedback on papers approval: within 3–4 working days after papers receipt.
E-mail distribution of the monograph’s layout and the certificate: after January 9, 2026.
ARTICLE REQUIREMENTS
An article should be a holistic document of scientific content that involves the results of the author’s original researchers.
The volume of the monograph subsection should be at least 15–30 pages. A4 paper format, line space – 1,5; Times New Roman, 14 size; all margins – 20 mm.
A publication may have no more than three authors.
Languages: Latvian, Ukrainian, English, and French.
ARTICLE GENERAL STRUCTURE:
Monograph section name; author’s surname and initials in the publication’s language.
A paper should have the following structure: a short introduction (1–2 pages), 2–3 equally weighted sections and conclusion (1 page), summary: 7–10 sentences in the article’s language (to indicate a range of problems and research results).
The article must have per-page citations as well as References at the end. Citations should be indicated with a number without brackets and dots using Microsoft Word references.
To improve the quality level of scientific citations in the scientometric database Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI), it is important to indicate DOI for every source which it has.
Attention! References are in a source language and executed taking into account the National Standard of Ukraine DSTU 8302: 2015 “Information and documentation. Bibliographic reference. General principles and rules of composition”.
Author’s full name and information: scientific degree and rank, post, affiliation; address of employment place (in English regardless of the publication’s language).
Attention! In case of submitting a non-English article, an author should additionally submit an English name of the section and its structural elements (subsections) (see a design sample).
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The Organizing Committee guarantees high-quality anonymous peer-review of each monograph section. All monograph sections are subject to checking for plagiarism using StrikePlagiarism.com by the Polish company Plagiat.pl.
PROHIBITION TO REFER TO THE AGGRESSOR STATE’S SCHOLARLY PAPERS
We kindly note that the monograph languages are Latvian, Ukrainian, English and French. It is prohibited citing and including in the reference list russian-language contributions published in any country, incl. papers written in other languages but published in russia and belarus.
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN UKRAINE:
Center for Ukrainian and European Scientific Cooperation (according to the signed international cooperation agreement with Riga Nordic University)
Contact person: Tiutiunnyk Tetiana Mykolaivna – Coordinator of the collective monograph.
Telephone: +38 (068) 473 07 28
E-mail: law@cuesc.org.ua
Web-site: www.cuesc.org.ua
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