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OEA/Ser.G
CP/RES. 937 (1651/08)
16 May 2008
Original: Spanish
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CP/RES. 937 (1651/08)
CONVOCATION OF THE SECOND CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES
OF THE MECHANISM TO FOLLOW UP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT, AND ERADICATION
OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, “CONVENTION OF BELÉM DO PARÁ” (MESECVI)
(Approved by the Permanent Council at its meeting of May 16, 2008)
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,
RECALLING:
That the Convention of Belém do Pará, adopted in 1994, is the only
binding international legal instrument on gender-based violence and has
become an important framework in which the States Parties thereto
undertake to implement policies and specific measures, including laws
and national and regional action programs, to eradicate violence against
women;
That, in 2004, the Conference of States Parties adopted the Statute of
the Mechanism to Follow Up on Implementation of the Inter-American
Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence
against Women, “Convention of Belém do Pará” (MESECVI) as a means of
following up on commitments undertaken; promoting the implementation of
the Convention and contributing to the fulfillment of its objectives;
and establishing a system for cooperation among States Parties and with
all member states of the Organization of American States (OAS);
CONSIDERING that the Statute of the MESECVI establishes that said
mechanism to follow up will consist of a technical body, the Committee
of Experts; and a political body, the Conference of States Parties,
which will hold a regular meeting every two years, and a special meeting
as many times as deemed necessary;
BEARING IN MIND that the Committee of Experts (CEVI) has completed part
of the first multilateral evaluation round process by approving the
evaluation report on and recommendations to each country, as well as the
Hemispheric Report for presentation to the Conference of States Parties;
BEARING IN MIND ALSO that the First Conference of States Parties was
convened by the OAS Secretary General on October 26, 2004, and that, at
this Second Conference of States Parties, rules of procedure will be
adopted to govern henceforth its organization and operation;
HAVING SEEN resolution AG/RES. 2330 (XXXVII-O/07), “Mechanism to Follow
Up on Implementation of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention,
Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, ‘Convention of
Belém do Pará,’” in which note is taken of the offer by the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela to host the Second Conference of States Parties to
the “Convention of Belém do Pará”; and
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that the host country has scheduled the Second
Conference of States Parties to the “Convention of Belém do Pará,” to be
held on July 9 and 10, 2008, in Caracas, Venezuela,
RESOLVES:
1. To request the Secretary General to convene the Second Conference of
States Parties to the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention,
Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, “Convention of
Belém do Pará,” to be held on July 9 and 10, 2008, in Caracas,
Venezuela.
2. To request the Secretary General to forward the convocation to this
meeting to the States Parties to the Convention and to those states not
party, and that the latter consider the possibility of expressing their
intent to participate therein in their capacities as observers.
3. To express appreciation to the Government of the Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela for hosting the Second Conference of States Parties to the
“Convention of Belém do Pará.”
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