Convention of Belém do Pará

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The Convention of Belém do Pará is a landmark Inter-American human rights treaty that specifically addresses and seeks to eliminate violence against women throughout the Americas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Inter-American treaty ⓘ
human rights treaty ⓘ
treaty on violence against women ⓘ
adoptedAt Belém do Pará, Brazil ⓘ
linked to: Belém do Pará
adoptedBy Organization of American States ⓘ
adoptionDate 1994-06-09 ⓘ
category women’s rights instrument ⓘ
defines violence against women as a violation of human rights ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1995-03-05 ⓘ
focus violence against women ⓘ
fullName Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Inter-American system of the Organization of American States ⓘ
inspired national laws on violence against women in Latin America ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus binding on ratifying OAS member states ⓘ
legalSystem Inter-American human rights system ⓘ
monitoredBy Inter-American Commission of Women ⓘ
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
obligates States to act with due diligence to prevent violence against women ⓘ
States to eradicate violence against women ⓘ
States to investigate violence against women ⓘ
States to provide reparations to victims of violence against women ⓘ
States to punish violence against women ⓘ
openedForSignature 1994-06-09 ⓘ
partyType OAS member state ⓘ
primaryObjective eradication of violence against women ⓘ
prevention of violence against women ⓘ
punishment of violence against women ⓘ
recognizes women’s right to live free from violence ⓘ
region Americas ⓘ
requires adoption of legislation to prevent and punish violence against women ⓘ
collection of data on violence against women ⓘ
development of public policies to eradicate violence against women ⓘ
education and awareness-raising on women’s right to live free from violence ⓘ
scope domestic violence ⓘ
economic violence ⓘ
physical violence ⓘ
private sphere ⓘ
psychological violence ⓘ
public sphere ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
shortName Convention of Belém do Pará ⓘ
subjectMatter gender-based violence ⓘ
women’s human rights ⓘ

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Convention of Belém do Pará → shortName → Convention of Belém do Pará ⓘ
CEVI → monitorsImplementationOf → Belém do Pará Convention ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Belém do Pará
CEVI → legalBasis → Belém do Pará Convention ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Belém do Pará
CEVI → usesMechanism → Belém do Pará Convention Follow-up Mechanism (MESECVI) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Belém do Pará