The American Convention on Human Rights (OAS, 1969) was ratified by the Peruvian State through the Political Constitution of Peru of 1979, in the Sixteenth of its General and Transitory Provisions. This ratification expressly included Articles 45 and 62, referring to the competence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights …
On June 16, 1995, Judge Antonia Saquicuray of the 16th Criminal Court of Lima issued a decision declaring Article 1 of Law 26479 inapplicable to the Barrios Altos criminal trial, exercising the diffuse control authorized by the Constitution. The judge held that a crime against humanity could not be subject …
On March 14, 2001, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the Barrios Altos case, declaring that amnesty laws 26479 and 26492 are incompatible with the American Convention on Human Rights and have no legal effect. The Peruvian State recognized its international responsibility for violation of the …
