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- ↑ Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (9 March 2021). "Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay". Organization of American States.
- ↑ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (2017). "Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Paraguay" . Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ↑ "Paraguay 2013 Human Right Report" (PDF).
- ↑ "Regional report on the review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Latin American and Caribbean countries, 25 years on" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ↑ "IV Plan Nacional de Igualdad 2018 – 2024 IV National Equality Plan 2018 - 2024". UNESCO .