The Peruvian State approved the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment through Legislative Resolution 24815 dated May 24, 1988. This resolution was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on May 25, 1988. The approval of this international convention represented a formal commitment of …
The Peruvian State approved the Convention on the Rights of the Child through Legislative Resolution 25 278 dated August 3, 1990. This convention was adopted by the UN in 1989 and represents an international instrument for the protection of human rights specifically oriented to children. The resolution was published in …
The Peruvian State approved the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture through Legislative Resolution 25286 dated December 12, 1990, published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on December 14, 1990. This 1985 OAS Convention establishes international obligations for the States Parties in the prevention and punishment of torture. The …
The Executive Branch, in an act described as unprecedented, promulgates and publishes the Annual General Budget Law in the official gazette El Peruano. The government makes observations to 15 of the 313 articles of the law. This act marks a moment of tension between the Executive and the Congress in …
Law 25327 is published in El Peruano, which empowers the central government to issue provisions related to national pacification, employment policies and investment growth. This law grants extraordinary powers to the Executive Branch regarding pacification. Congress had previously debated on granting these powers to the cabinet of ministers. The law …
The Executive Branch, in an unprecedented act, promulgates and publishes in the official gazette El Peruano the Annual General Budget Law, making observations to 15 of its 313 articles. This fact creates an unprecedented constitutional crisis by not fully enacting the law sent by Congress. By making these observations, the …
The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, known as the Convention of Belem do Para, was approved by the Peruvian State through Legislative Resolution 26583 dated March 22, 1996. This convention was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on March 25, 1996. The …
The Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons (OAS, 1994) was approved by the Peruvian State through Legislative Resolution 27622 dated January 5, 2000. This convention is part of the international instruments for the protection of human rights ratified by Peru. It was officially published in the Official Gazette El …
The Peruvian State ratified the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties through Supreme Decree 029-2000-RE dated September 14, 2000, which was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on September 21, 2000. This Convention establishes fundamental principles of international law, including articles 27 and 53, which establish that …
In December 2000, the Peruvian government took the initial steps to establish a Truth Commission to investigate the violence and human rights violations that occurred between 1980 and 2000. A supreme resolution published in El Peruano outlined the formation of a group tasked with preparing proposals for the commission within …
The Peruvian State ratified through Supreme Decree No. 078-2001-RE the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. These protocols specifically refer to the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, and the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. The decree was published in the Official …
The Peruvian State ratified the Rome Statute through Supreme Decree No. 79-2001-RE dated October 5, 2001, which was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on October 9, 2001. The Rome Statute, adopted by the international community in 1998, created the International Criminal Court and entered into force for the …
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