Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America A Legal and Socio-Political Analysis of Brazil /

• Main Author: Terto Neto, Ulisses (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America
• Subjects: Latin America-Politics and government.; Human rights.; Social justice.; Latin America-History.; Democracy.; World politics.; Latin American Politics.; Human Rights.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.; Latin American History.; Political History.
• Physical Description: XXXV, 300 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319610948
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61094-8

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.