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Brazil’s Path Towards Human Rights

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Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America

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The chapter conducts an analysis of the politics of human rights through Brazil’s re-democratization under the spiral model of human rights change theory (Risse, Ropp, & Sikkink, The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Domestic Change, Cambridge University Press, 1999; The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance, Cambridge University Press, 2013), in order to describe the context in which the public policy for the protection of human rights defenders started being implemented in 2004. This approach helped unveil persistent structural problems preventing the strengthening of democracy, the fulfillment of human rights, and the accomplishment of social justice, all of which is characterized by social authoritarianism (Dagnino, An Alternative World Order and the Meaning of Democracy. In J. Brecher, J. B. Childs, & J. Cutler (Eds.), Global Visions: Beyond the New World Order. New York, NY: South End Press, 1993; Os Movimentos Sociais e a Emergência de uma Nova Noção de Cidadania. In E. Dagnino (Ed.), Anos 90: Política e Sociadade no Brasil. São Paulo, SP: Editora Brasiliense, 1994; Culture, Citizenship, and Democracy: Changing Discourses and Practices of the Latin American Left. In S. E. Alvarez, E. Dagnino, & A. Escobar (Eds.), Culture of Politics, Politics of Culture: Re-visioning Latin American Social Movements. London: Westview Press, 1998; JILAS—Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 7, 75–104, 2001; “We All Have Rights But …”: Contesting Conceptions of Citizenship in Brazil. In N. Kabeer (Ed.), Inclusive Citizenship. Meaning and Expressions of Citizenship. Chicago, IL: Zed Books, 2005; Fordham Law Review, 75, 2469–2482, 2007a; Development in Practice, 17, 549–556, 2007b; Civic Driven Changes and Political Projects. In A. Fowler & K. Bierkhart (Eds.), Civic Driven Change. Citizen’s Imagination in Action. Institute of Social Studies: The Hague, 2008a; Cultural Processes Newsletter of the Research Network Sociology of Culture, European Sociological Association, 1, 18–23, 2008b). It also helps explain why human rights defenders play a significant role in bringing about political, social, economic and cultural changes. Finally, the chapter conducts a discussion concerning some of the problems that inhibit the advancement of human rights, and develops the argument that Brazil needs to reach full compliance with international human rights law in order to tackle those problems.

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Terto Neto, U. (2018). Brazil’s Path Towards Human Rights. In: Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America. Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61094-8_3

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