Meeting of Experts - MESECVI

Meetings of the Committee of Experts

Twentieth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(November 28th and 29th, 2023, Washington, DC)

Agenda (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.282/23)
Organization of work (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.281/23)
Report of Activities (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.283/23)
General Recommendation N.5 on gender-based violence against afro-descendant women (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.284/23.rev2)
General Recommendation N.6 on the use of stereotypes that compromise the integrity of justice systems (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.285/23.rev1)
Agreements Adopted (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.286/23)
Minute (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.287/23)

Nineteenth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(November 11th and 12th, 2022, Buenos Aires)

Agenda (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.271/22)
Organization of work (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.272/22)
Report of Activities (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.273/22)
General Recommendation N.4 of the Committee of Experts on gender-based violence against girls, adolescents and women with disabilities (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.278/22)
Thematic report on violence against girls and women with disabilities (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.277/22)
Regional Study on shelters for victims of gender-based violence in Latin America (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.274/22.rev1)
In-Depth Country Studies on Shelters for Women Victims of Gender-Based Violence. The cases of Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Peru (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.275/22.rev.1)

Agreements Adopted (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.279/22)
Minute (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.280/22)
Report about the institutional strengthening of the MESECVI (Download in Spanish)

Eighteenth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(December 7th and 8th, 2021, Virtual)

Agenda (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.263/21)
Organization of work (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.264/21)
Report of Activities (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.266/21)
General Recommendation of the Committee of Experts of the MESECVI (No. 3): The Concept of Consent in cases of Gender-Based Sexual Violence Against Women” (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.267/21)
Report on child, early and forced marriage and unions(MESECVI/CEVI/doc.265/21)
Agreements Adopted (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.268/21)

Seventeenth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(December 14th and 15th, 2020, Washington, DC)

Agenda (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.257/20)
Organization of work (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.258/20)
Report of the President (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.259/20)
Regulations of the Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate Violence against Women “Convention of Belém do Pará” (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.260/20)
Agreements Adopted (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.261/20)
Guidelines, mechanisms and tools for the processing of communications and documents from the Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Convention of Belém do Pará (CEVI) and the strengthening of its independence and institutional image (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.262/20)

Sixteenth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(December 10th, 11th and 12th, 2019, Washington, DC)

Agenda (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.254/19)
Organization of work (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.255/19)
Report of the Technical Secretary (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.256/19)
Agreements Adopted (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.257/19)
Rapporteurship (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.258/19)

Fifteenth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(December 3rd, 4th and 5th 2018, Washington, DC)

Agenda (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.246/18)
Report of the Technical Secretariat (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.247/18)
Inter-American Model Law to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate the Violent Death of Women (Femicide – Feminicide) (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.248/18.rev1)
General Recommendation N. 1 of the Committee of Experts of the MESECVI on Self-Defense and Gender-Based Violence according to Article 2 of the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.249/18)
General Recommendation N. 2 of the Committee of Experts of the MESECVI on Missing Women and Girls in the Hemisphere according to Articles 7.b and 8 of the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.250/18)
Agreements Adopted (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.251/18)
Guidelines to Regulate the Pronouncement of the Committee of Experts of the MESECVI (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.232/18)

Fourteenth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(November 27th and 28th 2017, Panama City, Panama)

Agenda (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.239/17)
Organization of Work (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.240/17)
Agreements Adopted (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.243/17)
Declaration on Gender Equality and Women`s Empowerment as a Benefit to Humanity (MESECVI/CEVI/doc.244/17.rev1)

Thirteenth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(October 11th to 13th 2016, Mexico City)

Twelfth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(October 13-15 2015, Lima, Perú)

Agenda (Word)
Organization of Work (Word)
Report of the Technical Secretariat (Word)
Report of the President (Word)
Draft table of contents for the report on child pregnancy and sexual and reproductive rights (Word)
Guidlines for requesting technical assistance from the CEVI (Word)
CEVI Work Plan October 2015-October 2017
Agreements adopted (Word)
Indicators of Gender Stereotypes in Education (Word)

Eleventh Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(September 18-19 2014, Montevideo)

Tenth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(September 11-12 2013, Washington, D.C.)

Key results:

Adoption of the Declaration of the Committee of Experts of the MESECVI on the Celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Belém do Pará Convention (Word)
Adoption of other Agreements (Word)

Informative documents:

Comparative table of the Belém do Pará and Council of Europe Conventions (Word)
Comparative table of the Follow-up Mechanisms of the Belém do Pará and Council of Europe Conventions (Word)
Comparative table of the Rules of Procedure for the Committees of Experts of the OAS Follow-up Mechanisms (Word)
Comparative table of the OAS Follow-up Mechanisms – in loco visits (Word)
Comparative table of follow-up committees or groups for human rights conventions (Word)

Ninth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(November 12th - 14th 2012, Mexico City)

Agenda (Word document)
Draft Strategic Plan of the MESECVI 2013-2017 (Word)
Progress indicators for measuring the implementation of the Belém do Pará Convention (Word)
Declaration of Mexico on the rights of women in process to reform the penal code (Word)
Final report (Word) and Agreements adopted (Word)

Eighth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(May 3rd & 4th 2012, Panama City)

Seventh Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(September 22-23, 2011, Washington, DC)

Sixth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(August 23-25, 2010, San José, Costa Rica)

Fifth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(June 25-26 2009, Washington, DC)

Fourth Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(13-15 August, 2008, Washington, DC)

Third Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(18-20 de julio 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Second Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(24-25 July 2006, Washington, DC)

First Meeting of the Committee of Experts
(22-24 August 2005, Washington, DC)