61 225. In the case of the Miguel Castro Castro Prison v. Peru, the Court referred to the scope of Article 5 of the American Convention in relation to the specific aspect of violence against women, using the relevant provisions of the Convention of Belém do Pará and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women as a reference for interpretation, because these instruments complement the international corpus juris, which the American Convention is part of, as regards the protection of the personal integrity of women.248 226. The Convention of Belém do Pará defines violence against women as “any act or conduct, based on gender, which causes death or physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, whether in the public or the private sphere.”249 227. This Tribunal has established “that not all human right violation committed against a woman implies necessarily a violation of the provisions in the Convention of Belém do Pará.”250 228. In the instant case, the Court takes note, firstly, of the State’s acknowledgement of the situation of violence against women in Ciudad Juárez (supra para. 222), and also its statement that the murders of women in Ciudad Juárez “are influenced by a culture of discrimination against women” (supra para. 129). 229. Secondly, the Court notes that it has established above (supra para. 133) that the reports of the IACHR Rapporteur, CEDAW and Amnesty International, among others, indicate that many of the killings of women in Ciudad Juárez are manifestations of gender-based violence. 230. Thirdly, the three victims in this case were young, underprivileged women, workers or students, as were many of the victims of the murders in Ciudad Juárez (supra para. 123). They were abducted and their bodies appeared in a cotton field. It has been accepted as proved that they suffered physical ill-treatment and very probably sexual abuse of some type before they died. 231. All of this leads the Court to conclude that Mss. González, Ramos and Herrera, were victims of violence against women according to the American Convention and the Convention of Belém do Pará. On the same basis, the Court considers that the murders of the victims were gender-based and were perpetrated in an acknowledged context of violence against women in Ciudad Juárez. The Tribunal must now analyze whether the violence perpetrated against the victims, which ended their life, can be attributed to the State. 4. Obligation of non-discrimination and respect and guarantee of rights embodied in Articles 4, 5 and 7 of the American Convention and access to justice in accordance with Articles 8 and 25 thereof 232. The Inter-American Commission did not plead the violation of Articles 5 and 7 of the Convention to the detriment of the victims. Nevertheless, the Court reiterates that the alleged victims and their representatives may invoke the violation of rights other than those included in the application, inasmuch as they are entitled to all the rights embodied in the Convention, provided this is related to the facts described in the 248 Cf. Case of the Miguel Castro Castro Prison v. Peru. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November 25, 2006. Series C No. 160, para. 276. 249 Article 1 of the Convention of Belém do Pará. 250 Case of Perozo et al. v. Venezuela, supra note 22, para. 295.