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Author Terto Neto, Ulisses

Title Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America : a Legal and Socio-Political Analysis of Brazil
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (328 pages)
Series Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America
Governance, development, and social inclusion in Latin America.
Contents Foreword 1; Notes; Foreword 2; Series Editors' Preface; Notes; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 How This Book Came About and Why It Is Needed; 1.2 Methodological Aspects; 1.2.1 Political and Historical Background Analysis; 1.2.2 Legal Analysis; 1.2.3 Empirical Research; 1.2.4 Pros and Cons of the Methodology; 1.3 Outline; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Protection of Human Rights Defenders; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Who Are the Human Rights Defenders?; 2.3 Why Protect Human Rights Defenders?
2.4 Examples of National Public Policy for Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America2.5 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Brazil's Path Towards Human Rights; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Politics of Human Rights Through Brazil's Re-Democratization; 3.2.1 Military Dictatorship (1964-1985); 3.2.1.1 First Phase of the Spiral Model: Repression and Activation of Network; 3.2.1.2 Second Phase of the Spiral Model: Denial; 3.2.1.3 Third Phase of the Spiral Model: Tactical Concessions; 3.2.2 Transition to Democracy (1985-1990)
3.2.2.1 Fourth Phase of the Spiral Model: Prescriptive Status3.2.3 Constitutional Democracy (1990-2017); 3.3 Structural Problems and the Role Played by Human Rights Defenders; 3.4 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: State and Civil Society's Responses to State and Non-State Actors' Violence Towards Human Rights Defenders; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Violence Against Human Rights Defenders; 4.2.1 State Violence Against HRDs; 4.2.2 Non-State Violence Against HRDs; 4.3 Responses to Violence Against Human Rights Defenders; 4.3.1 Civil Society Responses to Violence Against HRDs
4.3.2 State Responses to Violence Against HRDs4.4 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: The Path to the Creation of a Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Towards the Creation of the PPDDH: 1984-2003; 5.2.1 Transnational Advocacy Networks (TANs) and Developments at UN and OAS HR Mechanisms; 5.2.2 Latin American Consultations on HRDs; 5.2.3 Brazilian Seminars on HRDs, the Permanent Committee for HRDs, and Further Repercussions; 5.3 The Creation of the PPDDH: 2004; 5.3.1 Further Transnational Political Engagements and the Three PPDDH Bills
5.3.2 The Launch of the PPDDH as a Political Response to International and Domestic Pressures5.4 After the Creation of the PPDDH: 2005-Today; 5.4.1 The PPDDH Second Launch as a Public Relations Act; 5.4.2 Sister Dorothy Stang's Assassination and the PPDDH's Rushed Implementation in the States of Pará (PA), Espírito Santo (ES), and Pernambuco (PE); 5.4.3 Transnational Advocacy Networks (TANs) and Brazilian Committee of HRDs (CBDDH) Seek Specific Legislation for the PPDDH; 5.4.4 Third PPDDH Bill, the Moving of the Manoel Mattos Case to Federal Jurisdiction, and New State Programs
Notes 5.4.5 More International (TANs) and Domestic (CBDDH) Pressures and Governments' Lack of Political Will to Reform the PPDDH Successfully
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