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"The right to have her life
respected"
Convention of Belém 1994
Signed on June 9, 1994, at the 24th regular session of the
General Assembly to the Organization of American States, which
gathered at Belem Do Para, Brazil, the Convention of Belem do Para was an
inter-American convention on the prevention, punishment, and
eradication of violence against women.
Here is an excerpt:
Article 3
Every woman has the right to be free from
violence in both the public and private
spheres.
Article 4
Every woman has the right to the
recognition, enjoyment, exercise and
protection of all human rights and freedoms
embodied in regional and international human
rights instruments. These rights include,
among others:
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j.
The right to have equal access to the
public service of her country and to
take part in the conduct of public
affairs, including decision-making.
Here you can read the
Convention of Belem in English.
Here you can read the
Convention of Belem in Spanish.
And here are the signatories indexed
by country, along with the dates of their signature and
ratification.
To reference the countries, here are the maps of the Americas:
Who or What Is
the Organization of American States (OAS)?
In their own words,
The
Organization of American States is the
world’s oldest regional organization, dating
back to the First International Conference
of American States, held in Washington,
D.C., from October 1889 to April 1890.
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The OAS came into being in 1948 with the
signing in Bogotá, Colombia, of the Charter
of the OAS, which entered into force in
December 1951.
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Today, the OAS brings together all 35
independent states of the Americas and
constitutes the main political, juridical,
and social governmental forum in the
Hemisphere. In addition, it has granted
permanent observer status to 67 states, as
well as to the European Union (EU).
The Organization uses a four-pronged
approach to effectively implement its
essential purposes, based on its main
pillars: democracy, human rights, security,
and development.
Go here for more
on
Human Rights in History.
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