The Convention
The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women was adopted in Belém do Pará, Brazil, in 1994. It proclaims that violence against women constitutes a violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The Belém do Pará Convention established for the first time the development of mechanisms for the protection and defense of women’s rights in the struggle to eliminate violence against their physical, sexual and psychological integrity, in both the public and private spheres.
Document of interest:
- Text of the Convention in the official languages of the OAS: Spanish, French, English or Portuguese(Other Languages)
- Informative brochure view
States Parties
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Aymara, Dutch, Guaraní, Kreyól (haitiano), Quechua (Bolivia) and Quechua (Perú), mam del Soconusco, maya, mazahua de oriente, mexicano of Guerrero, mixteco of the high west, náhuatl of Huasteca, náhuatl of the mountains west of Puebla, otomí of Mezquital Valley, purépecha, tarahumara of the north, tseltal, tsotsil, zapoteco of the coastal plain, Grek, and Italian