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Protection of Human Rights Defenders

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The chapter explains who the human rights defenders are and sets out the reasons why they must be protected by states. It then presents some examples of national public policies for the protection of human rights defenders and journalists in order to analyse contemporary improvements in national legislation and policy, national protective mechanisms, and/or mobilization of other state institutions, all of which designed to protect human rights defenders and give value to their work. Finally, it highlights the responses of Latin American countries to the grave situation of their human rights defenders and journalists.

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Terto Neto, U. (2018). Protection of Human Rights Defenders. 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_2

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