Abstract

SANCHEZ LOZANO, Andrés Felipe  and  SANCHEZ AMAYA, Luis Fernando. ANALYSIS OF PROTECTION MEASURES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN COLOMBIA, 2016-2019. Novum Jus [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.1, pp.105-135.  Epub Sep 30, 2022. ISSN 1692-6013.  https://doi.org/10.14718/novumjus.2020.14.1.5.

Doubtless, the work of human rights defenders in Colombia has been a cornerstone to promote the protection of the human and conventional rights of communities that for one reason or another have been violated. Thus, it is essential the State have the capacity to protect their activity and ensure that any person who attempts to attack those who promote human rights is immediately prevented from doing so, and likewise, the defender sheltered by the institutional mantle in relation with constitutional, international and conventional guarantees.

Therefore, it is a priority to specify the protection measures that cover human rights defenders in Colombia and to show the reality they face in the exercise of their activities.

Keywords : human rights defenders; social leaders; conventional obligations; Colombia; protection measures; Inter-American System; Inter-American Court; human rights.

        · abstract in Spanish | Portuguese     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )