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Signatures and current status of Ratifications of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women "Convention of Belém do Pará"
(Adopted at Belém do Pará,
Brazil, on June 9, 1994,
at the twenty fourth regular session of the General Assembly)
ENTRY INTO FORCE: March
5, 1995
DEPOSITARY: General Secretariat OAS (Original instrument and ratifications)
TEXT
UN REGISTRATION:
SIGNATORY COUNTRIES |
SIGNATURE |
REF RA/AC/REF AD |
DEPOSIT |
Antigua and Barbuda |
/ / |
08/12/98 |
11/19/98 AD |
Argentina |
06/10/94 |
04/09/96 |
07/05/96 RA |
Bahamas1 |
05/16/95 |
05/03/95 |
05/16/95 AD |
Barbados |
05/16/95 |
02/08/95 |
05/16/95 RA |
Belize |
11/15/96 |
11/25/96 |
11/25/96 AD |
Bolivia |
09/14/94 |
10/26/94 |
12/05/94 RA |
Brazil |
06/09/94 |
11/16/95 |
11/27/95 RA |
Canada |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
Chile |
10/17/94 |
10/24/96 |
11/15/96 RA |
Colombia |
/ / |
10/03/96 |
11/15/96 AD |
Costa Rica |
06/09/94 |
07/05/95 |
07/12/95 RA |
Dominica |
/ / |
06/30/95 |
06/06/95 RA |
Dominican Republic |
06/09/94 |
01/10/96 |
03/07/96 RA |
Ecuador |
01/10/95 |
06/30/95 |
09/15/95 RA |
El Salvador |
08/14/95 |
11/13/95 |
01/26/96 RA |
Grenada |
/ / |
11/29/00 |
02/15/01 RA |
Guatemala |
06/24/94 |
01/04/95 |
04/04/95 RA |
Guyana |
01/10/95 |
01/08/96 |
02/28/96 RA |
Haiti |
/ / |
04/07/97 |
06/02/97 AD |
Honduras |
06/10/94 |
07/04/95 |
07/12/95 RA |
Jamaica |
12/14/05 |
11/11/05 |
12/14/05 RA |
Mexico |
06/04/95 |
06/19/98 |
11/12/98 RA |
Nicaragua |
06/09/94 |
10/06/95 |
12/12/95 RA |
Panama |
10/05/94 |
04/26/95 |
07/12/95 RA |
Paraguay |
10/17/95 |
09/29/95 |
10/18/95 RA |
Peru |
07/12/95 |
04/02/96 |
06/04/96 RA |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
06/09/94 |
03/17/95 |
06/12/95 RA |
St. Lucia |
11/11/94 |
03/08/95 |
04/04/95 RA |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
03/05/96 |
05/23/96 |
05/31/96 RA |
Suriname |
/ / |
02/19/02 |
03/08/02 RA |
Trinidad and Tobago |
11/03/95 |
01/04/96 |
05/08/96 RA |
United States |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
Uruguay |
06/30/94 |
01/04/96 |
04/02/96 RA |
Venezuela |
06/09/94 |
01/16/95 |
02/03/95 RA |
REF = REFERENCE INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
D = DECLARATION RA = RATIFICATION
R = RESERVATION AC = RECOGNITION
AD = ACCESSION
1. BAHAMAS:
(Declaration made at the time of signature)
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.