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MESECVI concludes official visit to Brazil with high participation in the consultation on the Model Law on gender-based digital violence against women and announcement of the X Conference of States Party (April 15)

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MESECVI publishes IV Hemispheric Report: Structural Challenges and Institutional Progress in Access to Justice, Truth and Reparation for Women in Latin America (March 31)
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Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Belém do Pará Convention and the Beijing Platform at a High-Level Event During CSW69 (March 13)
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Committee of Experts of MESECVI welcomes Canada’s signature of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women “Belém do Pará Convention» (March 11)
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International Women’s Day: International and regional experts urge global commitment to combat gender-based violence and discrimination (March 7)
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MESECVI States Parties elect new authorities during the Fourth Extraordinary Conference (February 28)

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Committee of Experts of the MESECVI Welcomes International Decision Condemning Ecuador and Nicaragua for Violating the Rights of Girls Victims of Sexual Violence Forced into Motherhood (February 14)
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Committee of Experts urges Venezuela to fully respect the human rights of women in accordance with its obligations as a State Party to the Belém do Pará Convention (January 31)

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Members of the EDVAW Platform on Violence against Women Issue an Urgent Call to Action Regarding Alarming Rates of Sexual Violence against Haitian Women and Girls (January 30)
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MESECVI Launches Regional Consultations on the Model Law to Combat Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women in Argentina, Colombia, and Panama (December 2)
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The Platform of Independent Expert Mechanisms on Discrimination and Violence against Women (EDVAW Platform) Express Deep Concern Over Escalating Violence Against Women in Conflicts exacerbated by weapons (November 25) Read the communique in English or Spanish
Committee of Experts urges Chilean authorities to continue collaborating with the investigation into rape allegation against the former Undersecretary of the Interior (November 13)
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Committee of Experts of the MESECVI Rejects the Closure of Institutions and Policies for the Protection of Women in Argentina (August 22)
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Gender-based Violence, Structural Racism, and Racial Discrimination: New General Recommendation from the MESECVI Addresses Specific Violence Against Afro-Descendant Women and Proposes Resources for Its Elimination (July 29)
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Amid Concerns About Katty Hurtado’s Case in Chile, the Committee of Experts of MESECVI Calls for Her Prompt Release (July 4)
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IX Conference of States Parties: Latin American and Caribbean States Agree to Accelerate Efforts, Strengthen Mechanisms, and Increase Budgets to Eradicate Violence Against Women (June 24)
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Committee of Experts of the MESECVI expresses concern over regressive proposals to modify the Law on violence against women in Uruguay (May 9)
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Committee of Experts of MESECVI and IACHR Rapporteur on the Rights of Women condemn attack on Human Rights Defender in Argentina and express concern about guarantees of protection for women (April 10)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about the treatment of the case of sexual assault against a 4-year-old girl by the Judicial Power of the State of Mexico (March 27)
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Strengthening Legal Frameworks and Public Policy: OAS Representatives Collaborate with Saint Lucia Authorities to Address Gender-Based and Sexual Violence against Migrant Women and Girls (March 26)
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Joint Statement with the EDVAW Platform: International Women’s Day 2024 – Awareness and Action on Poverty, Inequality and Gender-Based Violence against Women (March 8)
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Committee of Experts of the MESECVI expresses concern about the possible closure of the judicial entity responsible for strengthening access to justice for women victims of violence in Guatemala (February 28)
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Committee of Experts Expresses Concerns about Setbacks in Women’s Institutional Framework in Argentina (February 22)
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Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence against Migrant Women: OAS/CIM/MESECVI Delegation Visits Panama to Strengthen Capacities for Action and Regional Cooperation (February 9)
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The Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention to Co-Chair the EDVAW Platform in 2024 (January 18)
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International Experts Support Model Law Initiative to Combat Online Gender-Based Violence (December 1)
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Committee of Experts Calls on States Parties to Strengthen MESECVI as a Key Actor Against Violence Against Women (December 1)
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Committee of Experts of the MESECVI Expresses Concern about the Judicial and Media Treatment in a Case of Alleged Group Rape in Uruguay (November 15)
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Committee of Experts Expresses Concern Over the Situation of Three University Activists One Month After Their Detention in Nicaragua (October 2)
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MESECVI States Parties approve regional declaration on symbolic violence against women and elect new authorities during the Third Extraordinary Conference (September 21)
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Civil Society Organizations Participate in First Round of Monitoring Hearings with the Committee of Experts of the MESECVI (September 8)
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Committee of Experts expresses recommendations on the Bill on sexual crimes against girls, boys, and adolescents in Bolivia (September 8)
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New MESECVI Thematic Report and General Recommendation address gender-based violence against girls and women with disabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean (July 28)
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Committee of Experts welcomes the enactment of the law on protection and reparation for victims of femicide and their families in Chile (May 25)
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World Press Freedom Day – Committee of Experts of the MESECVI calls to guarantee freedom of expression for women journalists and human rights defenders in the face of increasing violence against them (May 3)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern over Bill that jeopardizes access to therapeutic abortion in Peru (April 27)
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Committee of Experts welcomes the legalization of the Emergency Contraceptive Pill in Honduras (March 21)
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Committee of Experts expresses rejection over acts of repression and discrimination against indigenous women during protests in Peru (March 17)
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Committee of Experts reiterates concern over Penal Code Bill that maintains the criminalization of abortion in the Dominican Republic (March 10)
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International Women’s Day: Global and regional experts call for united efforts to preserve hard-fought gains for women’s rights (March 8)
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Self-censorship, harassment, fear, and impunity: Violence against women in public and political life in Argentina (March 3)
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Committee of Experts expresses deep concern over the increase in attacks against women in politics in Brazil (February 24)
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Committee of Experts of the MESECVI expresses concern about the case of Virginia Laparra in Guatemala (January 31)
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Committee of Experts expresses its repudiation and concern regarding the attempted femicide of the Vice President of Colombia, Francia Márquez (January 19)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about misogynistic insults and violence against women in the lower house of Congress of Argentina (December 13)
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International women’s rights experts call on States to bridge the gap of impunity for violence against women across the world (November 25)
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Parental Alienation Syndrome and access to justice as an antidote to violence against women: key axes of meetings of the MESECVI Committee of Experts in Buenos Aires (November 18)
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Committee of Experts expresses its categorical repudiation and concern regarding the attempted assassination of Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández (September 14)
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Committee of Experts of the MESECVI and the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls of the United Nations express their concern about the illegitimate use of the concept of parental alienation syndrome against women (August 12)
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Committee of Experts expresses rejection and concern over acts of extreme violence against women in La Libertad, Peru (July 14)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about new education Bill in Peru (June 15)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern over the disappearances that have taken place in Nuevo León, Mexico (May 20)
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Concludes period of sessions of the Committee of Experts (CEVI) and it advances in a diverse and necessary agenda to guarantee a life free of violence for the women of Latin America and the Caribbean (December 8)
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The Committee of Experts expresses concern about the death, during a fire, of women detained in a Tucumán police station and asks the Argentine State for a thorough and immediate investigation (October 13)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about the situation of access to emergency oral contraception (AOE) and the respect and guarantee of the sexual and reproductive rights of women in Peru (September 29)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about the situation of women in Afghanistan and calls for all their rights to be protected (September 1)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern over reports of political violence against women in opposition and the repercussions of the message that inhibits the participation of women in political life in Nicaragua (August 6)
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Committee of Experts celebrates the release of Vannesa Rosales and calls on the Venezuelan State to guarantee her rights in criminal proceedings for her work as a defender of sexual and reproductive rights in the country (July 28)
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Committee of Experts congratulates the appointment of the Presidential Secretariat for Women (SEPREM) in Guatemala (July 9)
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Committee of Experts calls on the Colombian State to investigate immediately and effectively allegations of human rights violations against women (June 1)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern over gender-based violence against women in political life in the Province of Catamarca, Argentina (May 24)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about the harassment suffered by Kattya González, national deputy in Paraguay (April 29)
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The Committee of Experts and the UN Special Rapporteur express their concern over the case of Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya (March 25)
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The Committee of Experts of the MESECVI calls on the Dominican Republic to guarantee the rights of women, adolescents and girls (February 8)
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Committee of Experts condemns the femicide of an 18-month-old girl in Antioquia, Colombia (February 1)
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Committee of Experts expresses its concern over the approval of the amendment to the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras that limits, among others, the rights of women, girls, and adolescents (January 25)
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Committee of Experts calls on the Guatemalan State to investigate immediately and effectively allegations of human rights violations against women in the context of a peaceful protest (December 23rd)
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MESECVI closes its period of Sessions with the VIII Conference of States Party and the XVII Meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Mechanism CEVI (December 18th)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about the results of a study on violence against women in the Constitutional Court of Colombia (November 30th)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about the reduction of the budget for women’s houses and especially the Houses of Indigenous and Afro-American Women (CAMIS) (November 22nd)
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Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism of the Belém do Pará Convention expresses concern over cases of sexual violence and pregnancy in girls (July 8th)
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Committee of Experts expresses its concern over the situation of Patricia Pamela Hermosa Gutierrez, former chief of staff and legal representative of former president Evo Morales (June 23rd)
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Committee of Experts expresses its concern over political violence against Pamela Alejandra Aguirre, representative of the Andean Parliament (June 23rd)
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Committee of Experts expresses its concern over acts of violence against Senator Martha Lucía Mícher in Mexico (June 10th)
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Committee of Experts urges to protect and accelerate the investigation process in a case of political violence against ex-judge in Guatemala (May 14th)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern for the duty of due diligence and the respect and guarantee of the fundamental rights of women and girls victims of sexual and psychological violence in Colombia in the El Shaddai case (April 15th)
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Committee of Experts urges the incorporation of the gender perspective in the measures taken to mitigate COVID-19 and the strengthening of actions for the prevention and care of gender-based violence (March 18th)
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about the high rates of femicides/feminicides in the region (March 8th)
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Committee of Experts presents amicus curiae on the case of Guzmán Albarracín et al. V. Ecuador (March 5th)
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Committee of Experts recommends the strengthening of SEPREM and other women’s institutions in Guatemala (February 20th)
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Comité de Expertas solicita al Estado venezolano pronunciamiento oficial sobre femicidios y mortalidad materna en Venezuela (February 19th)
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Committee of Experts express concern over resolution on ten-year-old female victim of sexual violence in El Salvador
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Committee of Experts calls on the Chilean State to investigate immediately and effectively allegations of human rights violations against women
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Committee of Experts expresses concern for women and girls affected by the Hurricane in the Bahamas
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Committee of Experts condemns the murder of candidate Karina García in Colombia
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Committee of Experts expresses concerns over the situation of sexual exploitation of girls, adolescents and women in Marajó
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about journalistic treatment of cases of violence against women in Chile
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Committee of Experts Expresses Concern about Femicides and Attacks against Human Rights Defenders in Colombia
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Committee of Experts expresses concern over the statements of the Vice President of Guatemala
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Committee of Experts condemns institutional violence against an 11-year-old girl victim of rape in Argentina
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Committee of Experts welcomes the Resolution to fight against gender violence and femicide in Ecuador
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Committee of Experts express concern over resolution on ten-year-old female victim of sexual violence in El Salvador
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Committee of Experts calls on the Chilean State to investigate immediately and effectively allegations of human rights violations against women
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Committee of Experts expresses concern for women and girls affected by the Hurricane in the Bahamas
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Committee of Experts condemns the murder of candidate Karina García in Colombia
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Committee of Experts expresses concern about journalistic treatment of cases of violence against women in Chile
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Committee of Experts Expresses Concern about Femicides and Attacks against Human Rights Defenders in Colombia
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Committee of Experts expresses concern over the statements of the Vice President of Guatemala
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Committee of Experts condemns institutional violence against an 11-year-old girl victim of rape in Argentina
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Committee of Experts welcomes the Resolution to fight against gender violence and femicide in Ecuador
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2017

Sexual Violence and Child Pregnancy in the States Party to the Belém do Pará Convention
MESECVI launches the «Hemispheric Report on Sexual Violence and Child Pregnancy in the States Party to the Belém do Pará Convention» with a view to providing information on this problem and to generating recommendations to the States Party to support them in improving the effectiveness of the measures adopted to fulfill the right of the girls to live free from violence.
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Meeting: Trafficking of women and girls in Latin America and the Caribbean
On May 23rd 2017, MESECVI in collaboration with Women’s Link Worldwide and other partners will organize the round-table «Trafficking of women and girls in Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Challenges» with a view to raising awareness, through the sharing of Women’s Link Worldwide’s report “Victims of trafficking in Latin America. Between lack of protection and indifference”, of the common challenges in the tasks of identification and assistance.
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#March8 Don’t forget GIRLS
In the framework of International Women’s Day, the MESECVI Committee of Experts expresses its commitment to the eradication of pregnancy in girls under 14 and the promotion of the right of all girls to live free from violence.
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2016

MESECVI condemns the discriminatory message behind the inflatable doll in Chile

[December 19th 2016] The Committee of Experts of the MESECVI expresses its concern over the actions of representatives of Asexma in Chile, which violate the right of all women to live free from violence and discrimination. This explicit reference to the reduced body of a woman is a violation of article 6 of the Belém do Pará Convention and an offense against the moral integrity of women in Chile.

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MESECVI invites CSOs registered with OAS to participate in a Virtual Seminar on Shadow Reports

[June 16, 2016] The Webinar «Preparation of Shadow Reports. CSO participation in the Third Round of the MESECVI» will be held on June 30 to guide civil society organizations in monitoring compliance with the Belém do Pará Convention, improving women’s lives in the region.

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Progress is being made to eliminate political violence against women

[May 31st, 2016] The Second Meeting of Experts on political violence against women began in La Paz, Bolivia, organized by CIM, MESECVI, and ParlAmericas, to discuss and validate a draft model law on political violence against women.

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Advances in condemning crimes of sexual and domestic slavery

[March 31st, 2016] The MESECVI applauds the ruling in Guatemala’s Sepur Zarco case, condemning former military members for crimes of sexual and domestic slavery during the internal armed conflict. This sentence marks a significant advance in justice for women victims of sexual violence in armed conflict.

The MESECVI invites civil society organizations to participate in the Third Round

[March 15, 2016] During the XII Meeting of Experts in Lima, Peru, it was agreed that the Third Multilateral Evaluation Round on the Implementation of the Belém do Pará Convention would begin. Registered NGOs are encouraged to submit reports to the Committee of Experts.

MESECVI condemns the murder of Berta Cáceres

[March 3rd, 2016] The MESECVI strongly condemns the murder of indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, urging Honduras to strengthen measures to prevent, punish, and eradicate violence against women.

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New Gender-Based Violence Report on the Bahamas

[February 24, 2016] The Bahamas’ National Task Force on Gender Violence released a report recommending the creation of a GBV Authority and a Department of Family and Gender Affairs to implement the GBV Strategic Plan.

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International Women’s Day Event: Breaking Barriers to Justice: Ending Violence against Women in the Americas

[February 8, 2016] The CIM and the Permanent Missions of the United States and Canada to the OAS are organizing an event to identify challenges in eliminating violence against women and improving access to justice.

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