Ownership & Management

The Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society (CIILS) is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES), Indonesia. The journal is managed by the Moslem and Christian Community at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia. 

The ownership and publication of CIILS are institutionally associated with the Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang. The Faculty of Law serves as the publisher of the journal, while the Moslem and Christian Community at the Faculty of Law is responsible for the management and operational activities of the journal.

CIILS is committed to maintaining the quality, integrity, and continuity of its scholarly publishing activities. The journal provides an academic forum for academics, researchers, scholars, students, and religious communities to discuss contemporary issues concerning the interaction between religious communities in legal and policy contexts. 

The journal's editorial activities are led by the Editor in Chief, supported by the journal's editorial team. The Editor in Chief is responsible for overseeing the editorial process and ensuring that manuscripts are assessed and processed in accordance with the journal's academic standards, focus and scope, and peer-review procedures. The current Editor in Chief of CIILS is Muhammad Azil Maskur. 

The Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang, provides the institutional framework and support for the publication of CIILS. Such institutional support facilitates the journal's publishing infrastructure, accessibility, and sustainability as part of the academic publishing activities of the Faculty of Law.

At the same time, editorial decisions concerning the selection, evaluation, review, revision, and publication of manuscripts are carried out through the journal's editorial process. The editorial team is responsible for maintaining the academic quality and integrity of the content published by CIILS.

The relationship between the publisher, the journal management, and the editorial team is based on the principles of professional integrity, transparency, academic independence, and respect for the respective roles and responsibilities of each party.

The Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang, and the management of CIILS do not improperly interfere with editorial decisions concerning individual manuscripts. Editorial decisions are made based on academic considerations, including the relevance of manuscripts to the journal's focus and scope, originality, academic quality, methodological soundness, and the results of the peer-review process.

CIILS seeks to provide transparent information concerning its ownership and management to authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other stakeholders. The journal's institutional identity, publisher, and management are publicly stated to ensure accountability and transparency in its scholarly publishing activities.