Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America
A Legal and Socio-Political Analysis of Brazil
Published on 21. September 2017
XXXV, 300 pages
978-3-319-61094-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XXXV, 300 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color.
File size
4,95 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-61094-8 (9783319610948)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-61094-8
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Ulisses Terto Neto
Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America
A Legal and Socio-Political Analysis of Brazil
Book
10/2017
Palgrave Macmillan
€106.99
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Person
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.
Content
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.
