This article describes a novel action-research methodology that combines aspects of participatory methods and emancipatory principles into a human rights-based framework. The history of these different methods is discussed and the authors then explain how the methods can be combined to create a participatory human rights-based research methodology. This new methodology has the potential for high social impact, community inclusion, and scholarly output. The article also describes the implementation of the methodology on a project which analysed the human rights compliance of unfitness to plead laws in the Australian criminal justice system. This project developed a system of support persons within community legal centres across Australia in order to build an evidence-base for good practice in supporting people with cognitive disability who are charged with a crime. The new participatory human rights-based methodology was successful on this project and is replicable in future human rights research.

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实施参与式基于人权的研究方法：不适合辩护项目

本文描述了一种新颖的行动研究方法，它将参与式方法和解放原则的各个方面结合到一个基于人权的框架中。讨论了这些不同方法的历史，然后作者解释了如何将这些方法结合起来以创建一种参与式的基于人权的研究方法。这种新方法具有产生高社会影响、社区包容和学术产出的潜力。本文还描述了该方法在一个项目中的实施，该项目分析了澳大利亚刑事司法系统中不适合诉诸法律的人权合规性。该项目在澳大利亚各地的社区法律中心内开发了一个支持人员系统，以便为支持被控犯罪的认知障碍人士的良好做法建立证据基础。新的参与式基于人权的方法在该项目中取得了成功，并可在未来的人权研究中复制。