Judge Saquicuray declares amnesty law inapplicable
Judge Saquicuray declared the amnesty law inapplicable to Barrios Altos as a crime against humanity.
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 to amnesty, in accordance with the American Convention on Human Rights. This exemplary decision of judicial independence was supported by the Superior Prosecutor Carlos Arturo Mansilla Gardella.