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Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, OAS, 1994

Entry into force: Sunday, March 5, 1995

Adoption date: Jun 9, 1994

Adoption place: Belém do Pará

Depositary: Secrétariat général de l'Organisation des États Américains

Signed by 26 countries, ratified by 32 countries

See the convention Ratifications evolution
Signatory countries
Country Signature date Ratification date * Reservation / Declaration Comments
Antigua and Barbuda

-

Aug 12, 1998

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Argentina

Jun 10, 1994

Apr 9, 1996

-


Bahamas

May 16, 1995

May 3, 1995

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)


Barbados

May 16, 1995

Feb 8, 1995

-


Belize

Nov 15, 1996

Nov 25, 1996

-


Bolivia

Sep 14, 1994

Oct 26, 1994

-


Brazil

Jun 9, 1994

Nov 16, 1995

-


Chile

Oct 17, 1994

Oct 24, 1996

-


Colombia

-

Oct 3, 1996

-


Costa Rica

Jun 9, 1994

Jul 5, 1995

-


Dominica

-

Jun 30, 1995

-


Dominican Republic

Jun 9, 1994

Jan 10, 1996

-


Ecuador

Jan 10, 1995

Jun 30, 1995

-


El Salvador

Aug 14, 1995

Nov 13, 1995

-


Grenada

-

Nov 29, 2000

-


Guatemala

Jun 24, 1994

Jan 4, 1995

-


Guyana

Jan 10, 1995

Jan 8, 1996

-


Haiti

-

Apr 7, 1997

-


Honduras

Jun 10, 1994

Jul 4, 1995

-


Jamaica

Dec 14, 2005

Nov 11, 2005

-


Mexico

Jun 4, 1995

Jun 19, 1998

-


Nicaragua

Jun 9, 1994

Oct 6, 1995

-


Panama

Oct 5, 1994

Apr 26, 1995

-


Paraguay

Oct 17, 1995

Sep 29, 1995

-


Peru

Jul 12, 1995

Apr 2, 1996

-


Saint Kitts and Nevis

Jun 9, 1994

Mar 17, 1995

-


Saint Lucia

Nov 11, 1994

Aug 3, 1995

-


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Mar 5, 1996

May 23, 1996

-


Suriname

-

Feb 19, 2002

-


Trinidad and Tobago

Nov 3, 1995

Jan 4, 1996

-


Uruguay

Jun 30, 1994

Jan 4, 1996

-


Venezuela

Jun 9, 1994

Jan 16, 1995

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Total : 32