Latin American racial equality law as criminal law. Issue 3 (2nd September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hernández, Tanya Katerí
• Is Part Of: Latin American and Caribbean ethnic studies. Volume 14:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 348
• Page End: 358
• Publication Date: 2019-09-02
• Subjects: Racial discrimination -- law -- Afro-descendants -- Blacks -- anti-discrimination -- criminal; 305.8009729
• DOI: 10.1080/17442222.2019.1661971
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-2222

Abstract

ABSTRACT: After years of struggle for visibility, recognition, and equality in Latin America, Afro-descendants have garnered a number of anti-discrimination law enactments. These legal gains range from multi-cultural constitutional recognition, collective land titles, affirmative action programs and criminal sanctions on discrimination. Most pervasive across the region has been the deployment of anti-discrimination criminal law sanctions. This entry will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the criminal law model for addressing Afro-Latin American discrimination by focusing on a number of case examples from various countries.