A Proteção de Pessoas Defensoras de Direitos Humanos: uma análise à luz dos precedentes da Corte IDH e do Estado brasileiro

Abstract

The main advances in the so-called "right to defend rights," at the international level and, in some cases, even nationally, are the result of the jurisprudential evolution of international organizations. This article focuses on the protection of human rights defenders, based on the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in cases where Brazil was condemned. In this context, the work addresses the following problem: what are the protection parameters that the Court established in each of the three cases analyzed in this study, and how have these condemnations moved the Brazilian State from its inertia? Consequently, the general objective is to analyze the protection parameters for human rights defenders brought about in the IACHR judgments condemning Brazil and to analyze their impact on public policies and national programs for the protection of these defenders. The research adopts the deductive method and is carried out in a descriptive and exploratory manner. In conclusion, it was found that the Court's decisions have enabled an increasingly less harmful and dangerous environment for these defenders. In addition to rescuing from the shadows of history the negligence and state crimes committed by the Brazilian state since the dictatorial period, where they were destined for oblivion, those who fought and continue to fight for rights will not be forgotten.