Abstract

ARIZA SANTAMARIA, Rosembert  and  VELASQUEZ BONILLA, Eduar Stiven. State violence acainst social protest: the mobile anti-riot squad (ESMAD) in Colombia. Rev. Jur. Der. [online]. 2020, vol.9, n.13, pp.19-38. ISSN 2413-2810.

Abstract: This article presents a socio-legal analysis to understand the action and purposes of pólice divisions dedicated to the repression of the right to protest and social mobilization in urban contexts with particular reference to the Colombian case. From the historical review of the use of State violence in social mobilizations, it is established tha tthe existence of these specialized pólice units indicates a clear impedimentto the exercise of the right to protest.

Keywords : Social order; State violence; right to protest; Human Rights; ESMAD.

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