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Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America
A Legal and Socio-Political Analysis of Brazil
XXXV, 300 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource.
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.
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.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights
Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America