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OEA/Ser.L/V/II.100
Doc. 17
13 october 1998
Original: Spanish
REPORT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE
STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE AMERICAS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. THE INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM AND
THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN
A. The
Inter-American Legal and Institutional Framework
1. Principles
of nondiscrimination and equal protection underlying the constitutive instruments of the
regional
human rights system
2. The
Convention of Belém do Pará
B. The
Protection Mechanisms of the Inter-American Human Rights System as Applied to Promoting
and Protecting
the Rights of Women
1. The
individual petition system
2. Jurisprudence
of the system addressing issues of gender
3. Monitoring,
on site observations, special and follow up reports
4. Thematic
reporting and the competence to make recommendations
II. THE COMMISSION'S REPORT ON THE RIGHTS OF
WOMEN AND THE PROJECT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE AMERICAS
A. The
Design and Implementation of the Project
B. First Meeting of
Experts
C. Conference
on "Women, Human Rights and the Inter-American System: An Agenda for Action;"
Second Meeting of Experts
D. The
Information-Gathering Process
E. Third Meeting of
Experts
III. ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION RECEIVED
FROM MEMBER STATES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
A. INSTITUTIONAL
MEASURES, NATIONAL POLICIES AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEES FOR THE PROMOTION AND/OR PROTECTION OF
THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN
B. CIVIL AND
POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN
1. Civil
capacity
2. Political
rights
C. RIGHT
TO LIFE, PERSONAL INTEGRITY, AND HEALTH
1. Right to life
2. Right
to personal integrity and protection from violence against women
3. Right
to health and reproductive health
D. THE
PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY AND NONDISCRIMINATION IN LABOR LAW
E. RIGHT
TO EDUCATION
IV. CONCLUSIONS
V. RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Institutional
Measures within the Commission
B. States in the
Hemisphere
C. Recommendations
to the States on Specific Rights
NOTES
ANNEXES:
- Questionnaire
- INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE
PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT AND ERADICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (Convention of Belém do
Pará)
- Status of ratifications
- Resolution of the Inter-American
Commission of Women
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