Methods

How am I going to do this research?

This will be a socio-legal and human rights-based enquiry.

Sociolegal methods examine law in its social and political context.

Human rights-based research methods draw on emancipatory and participatory research methodologies, and frames research as a tool for promoting human rights law and practice. There are four principles of this method:

1. Research is led or guided by the relevant community;

2. Aims of the research are overtly emancipatory – the research serving as a tool for social change, not a ‘neutral’ social analysis;

3. A human rights violation or potential violation is identified, compliance analysed, and recommendations for reform are made; and

4. Outputs are accessible to the relevant community, benefit that community, and are disseminated to that community.