Estudo sobre o modelo do programa de proteção aos defensores de direitos humanos desenvolvido na Amazônia paraense

Abstract

This dissertation presents a study about the protection model adopted by the Pará Human Rights Defenders Protection Program (PPDDH-PA). Initially, it addresses a discussion about the development model imposed in the Amazon that generates the so-called “manifesting causes of conflicts” and then starts to debate the content of the “human rights defenders” concept and the main struggles waged by these subjects in Pará. Afterwards, a diagnosis about the situation of defenders in Brazil is presented, as well as the main mechanisms of violations used against these subjects and, next, an approach is made about the protection of defenders as public policy, passing a survey carried out on the Protection Program in Brazil, its scope and limits. Finally, a history about the PPDDH-PA is constructed, analyzing the protection model adopted by it and presenting a discussion about possible alternatives in view of the PPDDH limits. It was noted that the implementation of the PPDDH occurred in a disconnected manner and without a plan oriented to achieve the proposed objectives, opting for a model of police protection that, in itself, establishes numerous obstacles for the access, inclusion and monitoring of defenders under threat. Faced with this scenario, however, it is possible to think of alternatives for the construction of a comprehensive protection policy, whether through the State or not.