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Peru’s President Promulgates a Law to Amnesty the Military Who Violated Human Rights in the Fujimori Era · Global Voices
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On August 13, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte signed into law a law granting amnesty to members of the security forces and self-defense committees for serious human rights crimes committed during the country's internal armed conflict, which lasted from 1980 to 2000. The law also provides for the […]
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Enrique Alcántara, said that the Amnesty Law enacted by the Executive “closes a gap of injustice” against persons prosecuted for their participation in the fight against terrorism. The norm will benefit those who face prosecutions for events that occurred between 1980 and 2000, many of them with investigations opened for more than 25 or even 40 years without a sentence. “A person cannot be persecuted for…
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Enrique Alcntara, is to whom the government is "satisfied" after promulgating the law of amnist to the FF.A., PNP and self-defense committees, despite calls for protests.
Andrea Pochak, commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, pointed out that the amnesty law promulgated by the Government of Dina Boluarte is incompatible with the human rights treaties that Peru has signed and represents a clear contempt for the Inter-American system. In statements to RPP's evidence of fire, the representative of the Inter-American Commission indicated that the promulgation of this norm is an affront to the v…
The provisional president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, has a 3% proof of society. Despite this unprecedented rejection, she has the support of Congress, which guarantees her not to be dismissed, as has happened with her predecessors Pedro Castillo and Martín Vizcarra. But her main support is the Armed Forces.
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