America
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REPOSITORY
AMERICAN TREATIES
| DOCUMENT |
| American Convention on Human Rights 'Pact of San José, Costa Rica' |
| DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE/SIGNATURE |
| Entered into force on July 7, 1978 |
| RATIFICATION/ACCEPTANCE/APPROVAL/ACCESSION/SUCCESSION |
| Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela |
| HIGHLIGHTS ON RELEVANT ARTICLES |
| Articles: 6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.7, 19 |
| NOTES |
| This Convention aims at protecting a wide range of civil and political rights, including, among the others, the freedom from slavery (art.6), personal liberty (7) and the rights of the child (19); the convention protects as well economic, social and cultural rights.The Convention also contains provisions for the creation and operation of two bodies responsible for overseeing compliance with the Convention: the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court. The "Pact of San José, has two additional protocols: the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights .Protocol of San Salvador. (signed in1988) and the Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty, signed on June 8, 1990. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women 'Convention of Belem do Para' |
| DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE/SIGNATURE |
| Entered into force on March 5, 1995 |
| RATIFICATION/ACCEPTANCE/APPROVAL/ACCESSION/SUCCESSION |
| Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela |
| HIGHLIGHTS ON RELEVANT ARTICLES |
| Articles: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 |
| NOTES |
| The Convention contains a broad definition of violence against women that includes not only families and individuals as perpetrators of violence, but also states and institutions. Individuals and groups have the right to petition to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights when States fail to fulfill their responsibilities in this regard. The Convention explicitly names trafficking in persons and forced prostitution as forms of violence against women. As such, States Parties to the convention are called upon to condemn trafficking and pursue policies to prevent, punish and eradicate it. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors |
| DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE/SIGNATURE |
| Entered into force on August 15, 1997 |
| RATIFICATION/ACCEPTANCE/APPROVAL/ACCESSION/SUCCESSION |
| Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay |
| HIGHLIGHTS ON RELEVANT ARTICLES |
| Articles: 1, 2, 7, 8, 18 |
| NOTES |
| The Convention is a compreheinsive instrument aiming at protecting minor's rights through appropriate mechanisms and awareness. The Convention requires that States Parties designate one or more Central Authorities to oversee both criminal and civil matters related to the international traffic in minors, providing mutual assistance in judicial and administrative proceedings, in the taking of evidence, in any other procedural steps related to particular cases, and establishing mechanisms for the exchange of information among states parties. |
