Call for Papers: Opinion Juridica (Scopus), Special Issue on AI Governance and Neurorights, Vol. 25 No. 54

Opinion Juridica, the peer reviewed law journal of the Faculty of Law at Universidad de Medellin (Colombia), invites submissions for a special issue titled "Frontiers of Digital Law: AI Governance and the Protection of Neurorights" (Vol. 25, No. 54). The issue examines how the convergence of artificial intelligence and neurotechnology is reshaping the legal order, from frameworks for responsible AI governance to the emerging field of neurorights that protects mental privacy and integrity.

This is a genuinely Scopus indexed journal, submission is free of charge, and the editorial timeline has been accelerated for Scopus, with a submission deadline of 31 July 2026.

Opinion Juridica was first indexed nationally in 2006 and entered Scopus in 2025 after a deep editorial reengineering of its peer review and ethical standards. It is also indexed in SciELO, DOAJ, Latindex, Dialnet and EBSCO among others, and holds a Qualis Capes A2 classification in Brazil. The journal is open access with no publication charges, uses a double blind peer review process, and screens all submissions for plagiarism with Turnitin. It accepts articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese. ISSN 1692-2530, eISSN 2248-4078, DOI prefix 10.22395/ojum.

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The special issue invites original, critical, comparative and multidisciplinary articles across two areas.

Area 1, AI Governance and Regulation

• Comparative regulatory frameworks, such as the EU AI Act and Latin American initiatives
• Civil and criminal liability for harm caused by algorithmic systems
• Transparency, explainability and bias in the use of AI by the state and the judiciary
• Ethics by design and algorithm auditing in sensitive sectors

Area 2, Neurorights and Protection of the Mind

• Constitutional recognition of neurorights and global trends
• Mental privacy and the treatment of neurodata in brain computer interfaces
• Free will and self determination against neuromodulation and algorithmic manipulation
• Forensic challenges and neuroscientific evidence in judicial proceedings

Submit your manuscript through the journal's online platform. The process is double blind and there are no publication charges. Articles may be submitted in Spanish, English or Portuguese, and must follow the journal's author guidelines and citation style.

• Confirm your article fits Area 1 or Area 2 of the special issue
• Prepare your manuscript in Spanish, English or Portuguese
• Follow the journal author guidelines and citation style
• Run a plagiarism check before submitting
• Submit through the journal platform before 31 July 2026