In March 2007, the Government of Chile made the commitment before the IACHR to strike down legislation discriminatory against women as part of a friendly settlement in the case of Sonia Arce Esparza v.
这是美洲体系所接到的首个使用《美洲防止、惩罚和根除对妇女暴力行为公约》（美洲人权委员会）或《贝伦杜帕拉公约》的案例。