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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Excerpt - 280. At the regional and global levels, women’s right to live free of violence and discrimination is universally recognized.575 Within the inter‐American system, the States have recognized and specifically codified in law that women victims of human rights violations have a right of access to justice. One prominent example are the provisions of the “Convention of Belém do Pará,” which provides that every woman has the right to be free from violence,576 to be free from all forms of discrimination, and to be valued and educated free of stereotype patterns of behavior;577 the right to equal protection before the law and of the law, and the right to a simple and prompt recourse to competent courts when her rights are violated.
