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Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 2
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- 2. In the case of persons who are employed, the right to social security shall cover at least medical care and an allowance or retirement benefit in the case of work accidents or occupational disease and, in the case of women, paid maternity leave before and after childbirth.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1988
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Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 2
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- 2. The State Parties undertake to adopt measures that will make the right to work fully effective, especially with regard to the achievement of full employment, vocational guidance, and the development of technical and vocational training projects, in particular those directed to the disabled. The States Parties also undertake to implement and strengthen programs that help to ensure suitable family care, so that women may enjoy a real opportunity to exercise the right to work.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 1988
Paragraph
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 1
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- 1. No one shall be subject to slavery or to involuntary servitude, which are prohibited in all their forms, as are the slave trade and traffic in women.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1969
Paragraph
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 2
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- 2. The right of men and women of marriageable age to marry and to raise a family shall be recognized, if they meet the conditions required by domestic laws, insofar as such conditions do not affect the principle of non-discrimination established in this Convention.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1969
Paragraph
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 5
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- 5. Capital punishment shall not be imposed upon persons who, at the time the crime was committed, were under 18 years of age or over 70 years of age; nor shall it be applied to pregnant women.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1969
Paragraph
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 5
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- 5. The law shall recognize equal rights for children born out of wedlock and those born in wedlock.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Year
- 1969
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- Have Resolved:
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- The American States agree to grant to women the same civil rights that men enjoy.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- The present Convention shall be open for signature by the American States and shall be ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional procedures. The original instrument, the Spanish, English, Portuguese and French texts of which are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, which shall transmit certified copies to the Governments for the purpose of ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, which shall notify the signatory governments of the said deposit. Such notification shall serve as an exchange of ratifications.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- Considering:
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- To authorize their respective Representatives, whose Full Powers have been found to be in good and due form, to sign the following articles:
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- The governments represented at the Ninth International Conference of American States,
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- That Resolution XX of the Eighth International Conference of American States expressly declares: That long before the women of America demanded their rights they were able to carry out nobly all their responsibilities side by side with men;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- That Resolution XX of the Eighth International Conference of American States expressly declares: That the principle of equality of human rights for men and women is contained in the Charter of the United Nations,
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- That it has been a constant aspiration of the American community of nations to equalize the status for men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of civil rights;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- That Resolution XX of the Eighth International Conference of American States expressly declares: That women have the right to the enjoyment of equality as to civil status;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- That the majority of the American Republics, inspired by lofty principles of justice, have granted civil rights to women;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- THE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED AT THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN STATES,
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- CONSIDERING:
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- That the majority of the American Republics, inspired by lofty principles of justice, have granted political rights to women;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- That the principle of equality of human rights for men and women is contained in the Charter of the United Nations,
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- HAVE RESOLVED:
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- The present Convention shall be open for signature by the American States and shall be ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional procedures. The original instrument, 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 transmit certified copies to the Governments for the purpose of ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, which shall notify the signatory Governments of the said deposit. Such notification shall serve as an exchange of ratifications.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- That women have the right to political treatment on the basis of equality with men;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- That Resolution XX of the Eighth International Conference of American States expressly declares:
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- That it has been a constant aspiration of the American community of nations to equalize the status of men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of political rights;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- The High Contracting Parties agree that the right to vote and to be elected to national office shall not be denied or abridged by reason of sex.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
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- That long before the women of America demanded their rights they were able to carry out nobly all their responsibilities side by side with men;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women 1948, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- To authorize their respective Representatives, whose Full Powers have been found to be in good and due form, to sign the following articles:
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1948
Paragraph
Inter-American Convention On The Prevention, Punishment And Eradication Of Violence Against Women "Convention Of Belem Do Para" 1994, para. a
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- Every woman has the right to the recognition, enjoyment, exercise and protection of all human rights and freedoms embodied in regional and international human rights instruments. These rights include, among others: a. The right to have her life respected;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1994
Paragraph