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Peru

DATE OF REVIEW:
6 May 2008 - 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

Membership of the Human Rights Council:
2006 - 2008

Full name: Republic of Peru
Population: 28,674,757

Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations Office in Geneva:
Avenue Louis Casaï 71
1216 Cointrin
Tel: +41 22 791 77 20
Fax: +41 22 791 77 29
Email: mission.peru ties.itu.int
Website: http://www.misiondelperuenginebra.com

Head of delegation:
His Excellency Mr. José Eduardo Ponce Vivanco
Ambassador
Permanent Representative

Government type: Constitutional Republic
Head of State: President Alan Garcia (since 2006)

National Human Rights mechanisms:
- Defensoria del Pueblo del Perú (Office of the Ombudsman)
- Thruth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR)
- National Plan for Human Rights (2006-2010),

Pledges and commitments: Peru’s voluntary pledges and commitments for the election to the Human Rights Council (submitted April 24th 2006).

Peru’s position on main resolutions and decisions at the HRC:

In favour: A/HRC/RES/1/2 (submitted), A/HRC/DEC/1/106, A/HRC/DEC/1/107, A/HRC/RES/S-1/1, A/HRC/RES/S-2/1, A/HRC/RES/S-3/1, A/HRC/RES/2/3, A/HRC/RES/2/4, A/HRC/2/L.48 (rejected), A/HRC/RES/3/1, A/HRC/DEC/3/103, A/HRC/RES/4/5, A/HRC/DEC/4/103, A/HRC/RES/6/3, A/HRC/RES/6/7, A/HRC/RES/6/19, A/HRC/RES/6/37, A/HRC/RES/S-6/1, A/HRC/RES/7/1, A/HRC/RES/7/4, A/HRC/RES/7/5, A/HRC/RES/7/11, A/HRC/RES/7/15, A/HRC/RES/7/18, A/HRC/RES/7/30, A/HRC/RES/7/33, A/HRC/RES/7/36, A/HRC/RES/8/5, A/HRC/RES/8/9

Against:

Abstained: A/HRC/DEC/2/109, A/HRC/DEC/2/115, A/HRC/RES/4/9, A/HRC/RES/6/22, A/HRC/RES/7/19

No vote:

For the full list of resolutions and decisions taken by the HRC, see here.

International Labour Organisation Conventions

ConventionRatification DateStatus
C29 Forced Labour Convention, 1930 01.02.1960 Ratified
C87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 02.03.1960 Ratified
C98 Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 13.03.1964Ratified
C100 Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 01.02.1960Ratified
C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 06.12.1960 Ratified
C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 10.08.1970 Ratified
C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973 13.11.2002 Ratified
C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 02.02.1994Ratified
C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 10.01.2002 Ratified

Source: www.ilo.org

International Human Rights treaties

TreatyDate of SignatureDate of ratificationDate of accession
1. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 11.12.1948 24.02.1960
2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 22.07.1966 29.09.1971
2.a. Amendment to article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1992NO ACTION
3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 11.08.1977 28.04.1978
4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, 1966 11.08.1977 28.04.1978
5. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, 1966 11.08.1977 03.10.1980
6. Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity, 1968 11.08.2003
7. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 01.11.1978
8. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 23.07.1981 13.09.1982
8.a. Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1995NO ACTION
8.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1999 22.12.2000 09.04.2001
9. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 29.05.1985 07.07.1988
9.a. Amendments to articles 17 (7) and 18 (5) of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1992 NO ACTION
9.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 2002 14.09.2006
10. International Convention against Apartheid in Sports, 1985 30.05.1986 07.07.1988
11. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 26.01.1990 04.07.1990
11.a. Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1995 26.01.2000 (acceptance)
11.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000 01.11.200008.05.2002
11.c. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2000 01.11.2000 08.05.2002
12. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 1989 NO ACTION
13. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 1990 22.09.2004 14.09.2005
14. Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1992 01.10.1992 19.04.1993
15. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 30.03.2007 30.01.2008
15.a. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 30.03.2007 30.01.2008
16. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 2006 NO ACTION

Reservations, Declarations and Objections

Reservations and Declarations:

6. Declaration:
In conformity with article 103 of its Political Constitution, the Peruvian State accedes to the ’Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity’, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 26 November 1968, with respect to crimes covered by the Convention that are committed after its entry into force for Peru.

11. b. Declaration:
In depositing the instrument of ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, the Government of Peru declares that, in compliance with its article 3, paragraph 2, the minimum age for voluntary recruitment into the national armed forces, under national legislation, is 18 years.

Sources: www.ohchr.org






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