CBRL publications: ethics statement

The Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) publishes two peer-reviewed international journals, Levant and Contemporary Levant, featuring word-class scholarship on the Levant region. In addition, CBRL monographs showcase research in the humanities and social sciences as relevant to the countries of the Levant.

Publications form an important part of CBRL’s work in disseminating research for public education. In our publications activities, as with our research activities, CBRL works under the guidance of the UK’s Concordat to Support Research Integrity. To this end CBRL publications:

• will not, in general, publish research that has been undertaken in occupied territory and its contiguous waters as recognised by the United Nations and/or the British Government.
• will not normally consider for publication, research undertaken under the auspices of organisations/institutions established in occupied territories and their contiguous waters as defined by the United Nations and/or the British Government.
• will ensure that the publication of human remains is undertaken with respect, discretion, and dignity, and, whenever possible, with the appropriate consultation with descendant communities.
• will refrain from publishing studies that include material for which an objectively verifiable provenance (a defined archaeological findspot and object owner history) cannot be established.

CBRL’s publications ethics policy is available, in full, here.