Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America

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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.

Identifies the forces and interests involved, and contrasts what the Brazilian Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders is supposed to do with what it does in reality Presents new knowledge regarding the protection of human rights defenders in Brazil based on documents and legal analysis Combines the perspectives of diverse theoretical areas such as international human rights law, politics of human rights, sociology of human rights, constitutional law, international relations, human rights scholarship, and transnational political sociology

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Ulisses Terto Neto

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