Common Contracts

TECHNICAL NOTE

Technical Note • July 11th, 2011

• Contract Type
  Technical Note
• Filed
  July 11th, 2011

 The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (“Convention of Belém do Pará”) represents a legally-binding mandate for the Latin American and Caribbean States Party. This is the only regional agreement to explicitly address the issue of violence against women (VAW).