Ratification of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions
On July 14, 1989, Peru deposited the instruments of ratification of the two Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which entered into force for the country on January 14, 1990.
The Peruvian State deposited the instruments of ratification of the two Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 on July 14, 1989. These protocols, adopted on June 8, 1977, had been previously approved by Legislative Resolution 25029 (1989). The protocols entered into force for Peru on January 14, 1990. This ratification incorporated into the Peruvian legal system fundamental rules of International Humanitarian Law applicable during armed conflicts, establishing obligations for all parties to the conflict with respect to the protection of persons not directly participating in the hostilities.