Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America

A Legal and Socio-Political Analysis of Brazil
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-87004-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

Reihe: Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America

This book offers a legal and socio-political analysis of the Brazilian Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. Discussing Colombian, Guatemalan and Mexican experiences, it fills a gap in the literature regarding Latin American public policy by investigating the creation, work, beneficiaries, broader effects, challenges, and effective ways to improve the Brazilian Program.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Terto Neto, Ulisses

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction2. Protection of Human Rights Defenders3. Brazil's Path Towards Human Rights4. State and Civil Society's Responses to State and Non-State Actors' Violence Towards Human Rights Defenders 5. The Path to the Creation of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders6. The Legal Framework and Legal Functioning of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders7. The Effects in Practice of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders8. The Broader Effects of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders9. What is Preventing the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders from Fulfilling its Potential, and What Can Be Done? 10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ulisses Terto Neto is a human rights lawyer and lecturer at IESB, Brasilia,Brazil. He was the legal adviser for the Brazilian Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (2009-2010). Dr. Terto Neto also served as Deputy Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Federal District) and worked as a human rights consultant for the Pan American Health Organization, Brazil.