Overview of anti-torture legislation in Latin America and the Caribbean Latin American States N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Country Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay 136 Venezuela Country Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname 137 Trinidad and Tobago R/A R/A Convention Belem do 135 Para R/A Acceptance of Jurisdiction of the Court 1984 1988 1996 1984 1979 1996 1994 1993 1992 1989 1995 1998 1990 1988 1996 1990 1973 1998 1996 1985 1970 1999 1995 1980 1977 1999 1995 1984 1978 1994 1995 1995 1978 1986 1995 1987 1995 1981 ACHR 133 134 IACPPT 1977 1981 1987 1998 1998 1979 2009 1995 1991 1978 1991 1995 1990 1989 1990 1995 1993 1978 1990 1996 1981 1985 1977 1992 1991 1996 1995 1985 1977 Caribbean States AC IACPPT R/A R/A Convention Belem do Para R/A Acceptance of Jurisdiction of the Court 1998 1995 1981 1995 2000 1996 1993 1978 1995 1986 1978 1996 1999 2000 1996 1978 2005 1995 1996 1987 1991 1987 1992 1997 1996 1991 133 American Convention. Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture. 135 Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women. 136 Denunciation submitted in September 2012. 137 Denunciation submitted in May 1998. 134 24