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Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America

A Legal and Socio-Political Analysis of Brazil

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  1. Ulisses Terto Neto

    1. Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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  • 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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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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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. Introduction

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 1-26

  3. Protection of Human Rights Defenders

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 27-56

  4. Brazil’s Path Towards Human Rights

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 57-93

  5. State and Civil Society’s Responses to State and Non-State Actors’ Violence Towards Human Rights Defenders

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 95-110

  6. The Path to the Creation of a Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 111-150

  7. The Legal Framework and Legal Functioning of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 151-180

  8. The Effects in Practice of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 181-199

  9. The Broader Effects of the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 201-230

  10. What Is Preventing the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders from Fulfilling Its Potential, and What Can Be Done?

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 231-248

  11. Conclusion

    • Ulisses Terto Neto
    Pages 249-269

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 271-300
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    Ulisses Terto Neto

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.



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