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.

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 →
enforcementBody	Inter-American Court of Human Rights →
enteredIntoForce	1995-03-05 →
legalStatus	binding on ratifying states →
legalSystem	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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Inter-American human rights system →	coreInstrument
Inter-American Commission of Women →	legalFramework