INTER-AMERICAN
CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION,
PUNISHMENT, AND ERADICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
"CONVENTION OF BELÉM DO PARÁ"
(Adopted
in Belém do Pará, Brasil, on June 9, 1994,
at the twenty fourth regular session of the
General Assembly)
ENTRY
INTO FORCE:
March 5, 1995
DEPOSITARY:
General Secretariat OAS (Original instrument and ratifications)
TEXT
UN
REGISTRATION:
SIGNATORY COUNTRIES |
SIGNATURE |
REF
RA/AC/REF AD |
DEPOSIT |
Antigua and
Barbuda |
/ / |
08/12/98 |
11/19/98 AD |
Argentina |
06/10/94 |
04/09/96 |
07/05/96 RA |
Bahamas1 |
05/16/95 |
05/03/95 |
05/16/95 AD |
Barbados |
05/16/95 |
02/08/95 |
05/16/95 RA |
Belize |
11/15/96 |
11/25/96 |
11/25/96 AD |
Bolivia |
09/14/94 |
10/26/94 |
12/05/94 RA |
Brazil |
06/09/94 |
11/16/95 |
11/27/95 RA |
Canada |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
Chile |
10/17/94 |
10/24/96 |
11/15/96 RA |
Colombia |
/ / |
10/03/96 |
11/15/96 AD |
Costa Rica |
06/09/94 |
07/05/95 |
07/12/95 RA |
Dominica |
/ / |
06/30/95 |
06/06/95 RA |
Dominican
Republic |
06/09/94 |
01/10/96 |
03/07/96 RA |
Ecuador |
01/10/95 |
06/30/95 |
09/15/95 RA |
El Salvador |
08/14/95 |
11/13/95 |
01/26/96 RA |
Grenada |
/ / |
11/29/00 |
02/15/01 RA |
Guatemala |
06/24/94 |
01/04/95 |
04/04/95 RA |
Guyana |
01/10/95 |
01/08/96 |
02/28/96 RA |
Haiti |
/ / |
04/07/97 |
06/02/97 AD |
Honduras |
06/10/94 |
07/04/95 |
07/12/95 RA |
Jamaica |
12/14/05 |
11/11/05 |
12/14/05 RA |
Mexico |
06/04/95 |
06/19/98 |
11/12/98 RA |
Nicaragua |
06/09/94 |
10/06/95 |
12/12/95 RA |
Panama |
10/05/94 |
04/26/95 |
07/12/95 RA |
Paraguay |
10/17/95 |
09/29/95 |
10/18/95 RA |
Peru |
07/12/95 |
04/02/96 |
06/04/96 RA |
St. Kitts and
Nevis |
06/09/94 |
03/17/95 |
06/12/95 RA |
St. Lucia |
11/11/94 |
03/08/95 |
04/04/95 RA |
St. Vincent and
the Grenadines |
03/05/96 |
05/23/96 |
05/31/96 RA |
Suriname |
/ / |
02/19/02 |
03/08/02 RA |
Trinidad and
Tobago |
11/03/95 |
01/04/96 |
05/08/96 RA |
United States |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
Uruguay |
06/30/94 |
01/04/96 |
04/02/96 RA |
Venezuela |
06/09/94 |
01/16/95 |
02/03/95 RA |
DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWALS
AD: ACCESSION
RA: RATIFICATION
1. BAHAMAS:
(Declaration made at the time of signature)
Article 7(g) of the
Convention imports no obligation upon the Government of the Commonwealth
of The Bahamas to provide any form of compensation from public funds to
any woman who has been subjected to violence in circumstances in which
liability would not normally have been incurred under existing Bahamian
law.
BASIC DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO HUMAN RIGHTS
IN THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM
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