U.N. Panel Calls Peru Ex-President Castillo's Detention Arbitrary
The panel said Peru violated due-process rules and presidential immunity, and gave the government six months to formally respond.
- The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo's detention "arbitrary" on Friday, citing violations of international due process including the lack of a judicial warrant and failure to respect presidential immunity.
- Authorities have held Castillo at Barbadillo Prison in Lima since December 2022, after his failed attempt to dissolve Congress; Peru's Supreme Court subsequently sentenced him to 11 years, five months, 15 days in prison for conspiracy to commit rebellion.
- Several members of Congress rejected the findings as "ideological interference," while attorney Carlos Rivera of the Legal Defense Institute argued the working group's opinions carry binding weight because Peru ratified the establishing international treaty.
- President José María Balcázar stated Friday the opinion could alter the framework for a possible pardon, while Castillo's legal team welcomed the report as strengthening future petitions before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
- Peru has six months to formally respond to the findings, while former presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez called for Castillo's immediate release, writing that "the people's freedom is breaking through.
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The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGDA) concluded in a report that the former president of Peru Pedro Castillo, currently in prison, was arrested in an “arbitrary” manner, for his attempted coup d’état, in December 2022. Therefore, the agency calls for the former president to be released “immediately.” It continues to read “Why does the UN claim that Pedro Castillo’s arrest was “arbitrary” and demand his release?” The post Why does th…
Claudia Sheinbaum supported the UN statement calling for the immediate release of Pedro Castillo, former president of Peru.
A UN Panel Says Peru Jailed Castillo Unlawfully. It Was Split
Politics Key Facts —The finding. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that Peru’s detention of former president Pedro Castillo was arbitrary and lacked legal basis. —The remedy sought. Immediate release, compensation, an independent investigation, and measures against those responsible for the violations. —The panel was divided. Two members dissented outright. The president-rapporteur […] The post A UN Panel Says Per…
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGDA) of the agency's Human Rights Council further stated that the Peruvian government must offer the ex-mandator compensation, along with investigating the irregularities detected during the trial process.
Independent specialists conclude in a non-binding document that the detention of the former president was arbitrary and recommend that the State release him
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