Another call for attention: The United Nationsthrough the Special Committee against Forced Disappearances, expressed its concern about the bill promoted by the Congress of the republic that seeks impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity that occurred before 2002.
Through a statement, the UN indicated that said norm, promoted by the Fujimori congressman Fernando Rospigliosi and Jose Cueto, violates international standards and endangers the progress made to combat impunity for crimes that occurred within the framework of the internal armed conflict. Furthermore, it violates the right of access to justice, truth and reparation for victims.
In that sense, he echoed the call made on June 14 by the Working Group on Forced and Involuntary Disappearances; the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition; and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on the negative implications that the norm that seeks to approve the Congress.
“The Committee considers that this project contravenes international law on the application of the statute of limitations to serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, including enforced disappearances,” they point out.
Likewise, it is indicated that if the norm is approved, “it would constitute a clear violation of the Convention for the Protection of All Persons against Forced Disappearances.”
In this sense, they remember that the Peruvian State has worked on policies to guarantee access to truth, justice and reparation for victims and relatives of forced disappearance. For example, the Law on the Search for Missing Persons during the Period of Violence 1980-2000, the implementation of a search plan and the genetic data bank.
UN Committee urges the Peruvian State to fight against impunity
The Committee emphasizes that if the norm that Congress is promoting is approvedwould also go against the recommendations that were made to the State in the Concluding Observations transmitted to the State party in 2019, where it is requested to eliminate the possibility of granting pardons for international crimes, including enforced disappearance, and to ensure that all crimes of this nature are investigated and the guilty punished.
In this sense, it urges the Peruvian State to join forces to combat and prevent the crimes of past, present and future forced disappearances, in addition to fighting against impunity.
“It joins the call sent on June 12, 2024 by the Special Procedures to the Peruvian legislature to ensure full compliance with the norms approved by Congress with international human rights law,” they conclude.
It should be noted that the Congress expressed its rejection of the different calls from international organizations about the negative consequences that the approval of the “Amnesty Law”.
