The Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in Situations of Urgency in the America’s?

Worldwide, but especially in the America’s, women human rights defenders are being targeted. Such attacks may be of a physical, but also of a psychological nature, and they may target the human rights defenders themselves and/or their families. This study aims to evaluatie what legal mechanisms are available in the ambit of the Inter-American Human Rights System to provide protection to human rights defenders, and what extent these mechanisms are effective.