New handbook advances contemporary discussions on human rights methodology

In this thoroughly revised second edition of "Research Methods in Human Rights. A Handbook", editors Bård A. Andreassen, Claire Methven O’Brien and Senior Researcher, Emeritus, at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Hans-Otto Sano advance contemporary discussions on human rights methodology. They are bringing together an array of leading scholars to offer instruction and guidance on the methodological approaches to human rights research.

New chapters in the book, which was first published during 2017, include discussions of comparative human rights law, qualitative methods of data generation and analysis, methodological challenges facing human rights-based approaches, and the impact of new and emerging digital technologies. Crucially, the book effectively explores the complexities which arise when conducting human rights research at the crossroads of different academic disciplines, and puts forward an agenda for best practice. 

Offering a contemporary overview of this ever-evolving subject, this research handbook will be an excellent reference tool for academics, researchers and students in human rights, law and development, public international law and development studies. Given the recent prominence of human rights discourse at both national and international levels, this book will also be of great benefit to human rights practitioners and policy-makers. The revised edition is the result of a request by Edward Elgar, the publisher, to the editors to update the book.