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

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.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ulisses Terto Neto, Ulisses Terto Neto
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9783319610931
• ISBN: 978-3-31-961093-1
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 525 g
• Illustrations: XXXV, 300 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color.
• Series: Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America; Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, History: specific events & topics, Human Rights, Democracy, Political Science, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political History, Political Science and International Studies, Social Justice, History of the Americas, World Politics, Human rights, civil rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Latin American History, Latin America—History, Latin America—Politics and government, South & Central America (including Mexico), Latin America, Latin American Politics