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human rights abuses, problems relating to their social appreciation and the system of
support afforded to them.
<Illustration 3-1> Research design and system of research in this report
Documentary study
Study of quantitative material
In-depth
interview
study
Study of cases of
human rights violations
by type/ by space / by time of
violations / by key cases / by
actors
Organic interrelations
Analysis of
interrelations
between structure
of human rights
violations and
everyday life
experiences
Structure / developmental
dynamics of human rights
violations
Relational aspect / spatial aspect
/ psychological aspect /
historical aspect
Comprehensive / systematic understanding of human rights violations
against North Korean refugee women
2. Methods and conduct of the research
1) Fundamental direction of the research
(1) Creating research material that draws on the subjective worlds of experience
Infringements of human rights do not merely appear under special circumstances but
also in everyday life. Human rights violations that North Korean refugee women
encounter particularly resemble phenomena persistently arising in everyday life.
However, because the everyday life-world is shared with others and thus possesses an
intersubjective nature, it is distinct from the private life of the individual. It is thus
necessary to adopt a research method which can make everyday life as such, i.e.