Violence And Regimes Of Exception: Another Threat To The Rule Of Law In Latin America

 

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Auteur: Feoli-Villalobos, Marco
Formaat: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publicatiedatum:2025
Omschrijving:Democracy, alongside free and competitive electoral processes, essentially, implies the respect of fundamental rights. This paper reflects on the impact that a growing phenomenon in Latin America that consists of the use of emergency regimes to face violence and organized crime. This is understood as an exacerbation of the so-called tough in crime policies or punitive populism. According to some international organizations, the flexibilization of constitutional guarantees on behalf of security, is bringing, at the same time, the violation of human rights and a weakening of the Rule of Law. From this, a big question emerges regarding to the quality and future of democracies in our region.
Land:Portal de Revistas UNA
Instelling:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Taal:Español
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/21076
Online toegang:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/tdna/article/view/21076
Keyword:Democracy
Exception regimes
human rights
punitive populism
Rule of law
democracia
derechos humanos
Estados de excepción
Estado de derecho
populismo punitivo