Country Monitoring

Country Monitoring

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women (Convention of Belém do Pará)

Status of signatures and ratifications:

 Antigua and Barbuda
Signature: //
RA/ACC: 08/12/98
Deposit: 11/19/98 (AD)

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 Argentina

Signature: 06/10/94
RA/ACC: 04/09/96
Deposit: 7/05/96 (RA)

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 Bahamas

Signature: 05/16/95
RA/ACC: 05/03/95
Deposit: 05/16/95 (AD)

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 Barbados

Signature: 05/16/95
RA/ACC: 02/08/95
Deposit: 05/16/95 (RA)

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 Belize

Signature: 11/15/96
RA/ACC: 11/25/96
Deposit: 11/25/96 (AD)

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 Bolivia

Signature: 09/14/94
RA/ACC: 10/26/94
Deposit: 12/05/94 (RA)

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 Brazil

Signature: 06/09/94
RA/ACC: 11/16/95
Deposit: 11/27/95 (RA)

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 Chile

Signature: 10/17/94
RA/ACC: 10/24/96
Deposit: 11/15/96 (RA)

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 Colombia

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RA/ACC: 10/03/96
Deposit: 11/15/96 (AD)

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 Costa Rica

Signature: 06/09/94
RA/ACC: 07/05/95
Deposit: 07/12/95 (RA)

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 Dominica

Signaature: //
RA/ACC:  06/30/95
Deposit: 06/06/95 (RA)

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 Ecuador

Signature: 01/10/95
RA/ACC: 06/30/95
Deposit: 09/15/95 (RA)

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 El Salvador

Signature: 08/14/95
RA/ACC: 11/13/95
Deposit: 01/26/96 (RA)

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 Grenada

Signature: //
RA/ACC: 11/29/00
Deposit: 02/15/01 (RA)

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 Guatemala

Signature: 06/24/94
RA/ACC: 01/04/95
Deposit: 04/04/95 (RA)

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 Guyana

Signature: 01/10/95
RA/ACC: 01/08/96
Deposit: 02/28/96 (RA)

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Haiti

Signature: //
RA/ACC: 04/07/97
Deposit: 06/02/97 (AD)

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 Honduras

Signature: 06/10/94
RA/ACC: 07/04/95
Deposit: 07/12/95 (RA)

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 Jamaica

Signature: 12/14/05
RA/ACC: 11/11/05
Deposit: 12/14/05 (RA)

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 Mexico

Signature: 06/04/95
RA/ACC: 06/19/98
Deposit: 11/12/98 (RA)

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 Nicaragua

Signature: 06/09/94
RA/ACC: 10/06/95
Deposit: 2/12/95 (RA)

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 Panama

Signature: 10/05/94
RA/ACC: 04/26/95
Deposit: 07/12/95 (RA)

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 Paraguay

Signature: 10/17/95
RA/ACC: 09/29/95
Deposit: 10/18/95 (RA)

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 Peru

Signature: 07/12/95
RA/ACC: 04/02/96
Deposit: 06/04/96 (RA)

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 Dominican Republic
Signature: 06/09/94
RA/ACC: 01/10/96
Deposit: 03/07/96 (RA)

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San Cristóbal y Nieves

Signature: 06/09/94
RA/ACC: 03/17/95
Deposit: 06/12/95 (RA)

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Saint Lucia

Signature: 11/11/94
RA/ACC: 03/08/95
Deposit: 04/04/95 (RA)

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Signature: 03/05/96
RA/ACC: 05/23/96
Deposit: 05/31/96 (RA)

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Suriname

Signature: //
RA/ACC: 02/19/02
Deposit: 03/08/02 (RA)

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 Trinidad  and Tobago

Signature: 11/03/95
RA/ACC: 01/04/96
Deposit: 05/08/96 (RA)

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Uruguay

Signature: 06/30/94
RA/ACC: 01/04/96
Deposit: 04/02/96 (RA)

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 Venezuela

Signature: 06/09/94
RA/ACC: 01/16/95
Deposit: 02/03/95 (RA)

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RA= RATIFICATION

ACC = ACCESSION

1 Bahamas Declaration: “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” (May 3, 1995)