Violence, (In)security and Human Rights in Latin America

This article examines the relationship between violence, insecurity and human rights in Latin America. It explores the context in which debates on citizen security emerged, the challenges that this context presented for human rights defenders and the strategies they have adopted in response to these challenges. The authors argue that current debates cannot be understood in isolation from the continent's long legacy of violence and repression. Security agencies still reproduce authoritarian structures and practices of impunity. ‘Dual societies’ prevail, in which the privileged see the job of the police as protecting them from the poor, who are stigmatised as criminals. Such views engender reactionary responses to insecurity that deepen segregation and victimisation. The authors outline a broader approach to citizen security based on inclusive policies protecting the rights of all citizens, premised on human rights as a condition of citizen security

O movimento global de direitos humanos no século XXI: reflexões sob a perspectiva de uma ONG nacional de direitos humanos do sul

Edição trilíngue: português, espanhol e inglês.Título em espanhol: El movimiento global de derechos humanos en el siglo XXI: reflexiones desde la perspectiva de una ONG nacional de derechos humanos del SurTítulo em inglês: The global human rights movement in the 21st Century: reflections from the perspective of a national human rights NGO from the sout