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The President of Peru has signed a conflicting law on pardoning soldiers, police and civilian militias who are being tried for atrocities during the two decades of the armed conflict against the Maoists rebels.
Dina Boluarter took the measures taken by Congress in July, despite the order of the Inter -American Court of Human Rights to stop her before hearing his influence on the victims.
The law will benefit hundreds of members of the Armed Forces, police and self -defense committees accused of crimes committed between 1980 and 2000.
It will also order the issue of those who are over 70 offers for such crimes.
During the conflict, the brilliant path and the rebel groups of Tupa Omar led by rebels, who estimated 70,000 people were killed and more than 20,000 disappeared, according to the Prague Commission and the Reconciliation of Peru (TRC).
Baluart, elected in 2022 as the first president of the country, said the Peruvian government paid tribute to the forces, which – said that – fought against terrorism and in defense of democracy.
Human rights organizations condemned the law. Juanita Gebert, director of America Human Rights Watch, called it a “betrayal of Peruvian victims”, which “undermines decades of efforts to provide responsibility for atrocities.”
United Nations experts and Amnesty International called for a veto on the bill, saying that he violated Peru’s obligation to investigate and pursue serious abuse, including extrajudicial killings, the use of disappearance, torture and sexual abuse.
UN experts said the amnesty could stop or cancel more than 600 lawsuits and 156 convictions.
TRC has found that state agents, in particular, armed forces, are responsible for 83% of documentary cases.
Last year, Peru accepted the limitation period of crimes against humanity committed by 2002, effectively disconnecting hundreds of investigations into alleged crimes committed during the fighting.
The initiative was used by the late President Albert Fujimora, who was imprisoned for atrocities – including in the army that crashed over civilian residents – but released from prison in 2023 on the humanitarian platform. He died in September 2024.
