after the second instrument of ratification is deposited, it shall enter into force thirty days
after the date on which that State deposited its instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 22
The Secretary General shall inform all member states of the Organization of American
States of the entry into force of this Convention.
Article 23
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States shall present an annual report
to the member states of the Organization on the status of this Convention, including the
signatures, deposits of instruments of ratification and accession, and declarations, and any
reservations that may have been presented by the States Parties, accompanied by a report
thereon if needed.
Article 24
This Convention shall remain in force indefinitely, but any of the States Parties may
denounce it by depositing an instrument to that effect with the General Secretariat of the
Organization of American States. One year after the date of deposit of the instrument of
denunciation, this Convention shall cease to be in effect for the denouncing State but shall
remain in force for the remaining States Parties.
Article 25
The original instrument of this Convention, the English, French, Portuguese and Spanish
texts of which are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the
Organization of American States, which shall send a certified copy to the Secretariat of the
United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with the provisions of Article
102 of the United Nations Charter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto
by their respective governments, have signed this Convention, which shall be called the
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence
against Women ~Convention of Belém do Pará..
DONE IN THE CITY OF BELEN DO PARA, BRAZIL, the ninth of June in the year one thousand
nine hundred ninety-four.