OBLIGATIONS OF THE STATE TO ERADICATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM
This paper focuses on the States obligations to eradicate violence against women inside the Inter-American human rights system. The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (known as the “Belém do Pará Convention”), adopted in 1994, is the fir...
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Facultad de Derecho. Departamento de Derecho Público
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recordip/article/view/27777 |
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| Sumario: | This paper focuses on the States obligations to eradicate violence against women inside the Inter-American human rights system. The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (known as the “Belém do Pará Convention”), adopted in 1994, is the first specific instrument adopted on violence against women. This Convention provides specific norms applicable to protect women against violence that the States must fulfill and implement at the national level. It is the only human rights treaty directed solely toward eradicating violence against women that includes the direct obligation of elimination of stereotypes that cause discrimination and violence against women. Besides of reviewing the States obligations, this research analyses the standards stablished in the System directly addresses issues of state responsibility for responding to violence against women, broadens possibilities of a shared understanding for what it means to exercise due diligence in violence against women cases. All of this implies creating an integrated system of protection far beyond criminalizing violent behavior to focus on changing discriminatory social patterns towards women at all levels. |
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