Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America

A Legal and Socio-Political Analysis of Brazil
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-61093-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5358 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 Geschichte
• 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 Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Protection of Human Rights Defenders.- Chapter 3: Brazil's Path Towards Human Rights.- Chapter 4: State and Civil Society's Responses to State and Non-State Actors' Violence Towards Human Rights Defenders.- Chapter 5: The Path to the Creation of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.- Chapter 6: The Legal Framework and Legal Functioning of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.- Chapter 7: The Effects in Practice of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.- Chapter 8: The Broader Effects of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.- Chapter 9: What is Preventing the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders from Fulfilling its Potential, and What Can Be Done?.- Chapter 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.