Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women

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human rights treaty inter-American treaty regional treaty women’s rights treaty

The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (Convention of Belém do Pará) is a landmark regional human rights treaty that obligates states in the Americas to prevent, sanction, and eliminate all forms of violence against women in both public and private spheres.

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Label	Occurrences
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women canonical	5
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women	3
Convención Interamericana para Prevenir, Sancionar y Erradicar la Violencia contra la Mujer	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T344121 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women
Context triple: [Inter-American Commission of Women, legalFramework, Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women]

A. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is a landmark 1979 United Nations human rights treaty that defines and commits states to eliminate discrimination against women in all areas of life.
B. Inter-American Commission of Women
The Inter-American Commission of Women is a specialized body within the inter-American system dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality across the Americas.
C. Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is the foundational legal instrument that defines the Commission’s mandate, structure, powers, and procedures within the Inter-American human rights system.
D. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a core United Nations human rights treaty that obliges states to prohibit and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and promote understanding among all races.
E. Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities is a Council of Europe treaty that sets legally binding standards for the protection of the rights, identity, and participation of national minority groups within member states.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women
Target entity description: The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (Convention of Belém do Pará) is a landmark regional human rights treaty that obligates states in the Americas to prevent, sanction, and eliminate all forms of violence against women in both public and private spheres.

A. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is a landmark 1979 United Nations human rights treaty that defines and commits states to eliminate discrimination against women in all areas of life.
B. Inter-American Commission of Women
The Inter-American Commission of Women is a specialized body within the inter-American system dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality across the Americas.
C. Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is the foundational legal instrument that defines the Commission’s mandate, structure, powers, and procedures within the Inter-American human rights system.
D. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a core United Nations human rights treaty that obliges states to prohibit and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and promote understanding among all races.
E. Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities is a Council of Europe treaty that sets legally binding standards for the protection of the rights, identity, and participation of national minority groups within member states.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human rights treaty ⓘ inter-American treaty ⓘ regional treaty ⓘ women’s rights treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	Organization of American States ⓘ
adoptedInCity	Belém do Pará ⓘ
adoptedInCountry	Brazil ⓘ
adoptionDate	1994-06-09 ⓘ
appliesTo	violence in the community ⓘ violence perpetrated or condoned by the state ⓘ violence within the family ⓘ
defines	violence against women as any act or conduct based on gender that causes death, harm or suffering to women ⓘ
depository	General Secretariat of the Organization of American States ⓘ linked to: Secretariat of the Organization of American States
enforcementBody	Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1995-03-05 ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on ratifying states ⓘ
legalSystem	inter-American human rights system ⓘ linked to: Inter-American human rights system
monitoringBody	Inter-American Commission of Women ⓘ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
obligatesStatesTo	eradicate violence against women ⓘ prevent violence against women ⓘ punish violence against women ⓘ
openedForSignature	1994-06-09 ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
prohibits	discrimination against women in the context of violence ⓘ
protectsGroup	women ⓘ
recognizesFormOfViolence	economic violence against women ⓘ physical violence against women ⓘ psychological violence against women ⓘ sexual violence against women ⓘ
recognizesRight	right of women to live free from violence ⓘ
region	Americas ⓘ
relatedInstrument	American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ⓘ
requiresMeasures	administrative measures to prevent and punish violence against women ⓘ educational measures to prevent violence against women ⓘ judicial measures to prevent and punish violence against women ⓘ legislative measures to prevent and punish violence against women ⓘ
requiresStatesTo	act with due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish violence against women ⓘ adopt legal procedures to ensure women’s access to justice ⓘ provide effective remedies for victims of violence against women ⓘ
scope	private sphere ⓘ public sphere ⓘ
shortName	Convention of Belém do Pará ⓘ
subjectMatter	violence against women ⓘ women’s human rights ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inter-American Commission of Women → legalFramework → Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → coreInstrument → Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women ⓘ

Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women ⓘ

linked to: Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women

Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention → basedOnInstrument → Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women ⓘ

Convention of Belém do Pará → fullName → Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women ⓘ

MESECVI Committee of Experts → appliesTo → Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women ⓘ

CEVI → monitorsImplementationOf → Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women ⓘ

linked to: Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women

CEVI → legalBasis → Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women ⓘ

linked to: Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women

Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos → tieneBaseNormativa → Convención Interamericana para Prevenir, Sancionar y Erradicar la Violencia contra la Mujer ⓘ

linked to: Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women

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