Course code

AKJ7179.YK

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Inimõiguste uurimismeetodid

Course title in English

Research Methods in Human Rights Law

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2026/2027 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The goal of the course is to give to the students a general understanding of contemporary questions related to human rights law research methodology. The course will open both the theoretical and practical dimensions and will discuss different theoretical approaches.

Brief description of the course

The course will cover the following areas: legal methodologies and human rights research; core principles in argumentation and understanding: hermeneutics; economics and human rights; the potential of ethnographic methods in human rights research; interdisciplinarity and multimethod research; research ethics; comparative analysis; social network analysis in international law research.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands methodological issues in relation to human rights research;
- known the main research methods;
- is capable of using the main research methods in resolving research questions.

Teacher

Hans-Otto Sano

Study programmes containing that course

Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/26.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/25.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/24.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/23.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/22.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/21.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/20.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/19.YK)
Human Rights in the Digital Society (AKIDM/18.YK)