{"id":34608,"date":"2024-08-09T19:45:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T23:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/peru-enacts-law-restricting-prosecution-of-crimes-against-humanity-favoring-former-leader-fujimori\/09\/08\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T19:45:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T23:45:16","slug":"peru-enacts-law-restricting-prosecution-of-crimes-against-humanity-favoring-former-leader-fujimori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/peru-enacts-law-restricting-prosecution-of-crimes-against-humanity-favoring-former-leader-fujimori\/09\/08\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru enacts law restricting prosecution of crimes against humanity, favoring former leader Fujimori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 828px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/76xOzHn_q2aYQDx82zbq_Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/1b704250243dccd8e6786ef9aac9019d\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse collapsed\">FILE &#8211; Peru&#8217;s jailed, former President Alberto Fujimori, photographed through a glass window, attends his trial at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, June 28, 2016. Former President Fujimori, who was pardoned in December from his convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people, plans to run for Peru&#8217;s presidency for the fourth time in 2026, his eldest daughter said Sunday, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo\/Martin Mejia, File)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>LIMA, Peru (AP) \u2014 Peru&#8217;s government on Friday enacted a law that <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/peru-congress-crimes-against-humanity-130cd287d1e1132b4c9ed605ec75f7cf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:prevents the prosecution of crimes against humanity;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">prevents the prosecution of crimes against humanity<\/a> committed before 2002, a decision that favors former President <span class=\"caas-xray-inline-tooltip\"><span class=\"caas-xray-inline caas-xray-entity caas-xray-pill rapid-nonanchor-lt\" data-entity-id=\"Alberto_Fujimori\" data-ylk=\"cid:Alberto_Fujimori;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:OfficeHolder;\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><a href=\"https:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/search?p=Alberto%20Fujimori\" data-i13n=\"cid:Alberto_Fujimori;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:OfficeHolder;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alberto Fujimori;cid:Alberto_Fujimori;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:OfficeHolder;\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alberto Fujimori<\/a><\/span><\/span> as well as hundreds of military personnel investigated or prosecuted for massacres and murders during the country&#8217;s internal armed conflict (1980-2000).<\/p>\n<p>The law, which had no comments from <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/dina-boluarte\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:President Dina Boluarte;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">President Dina Boluarte<\/a>, was promulgated, despite a July order from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the highest regional court in this matter, indicating to Boluarte, Congress and the Judiciary that they should annul what was then still a bill, because it contravened international law.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations on Friday denounced the enacting of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Peru&#8217;s new law \u201ccontravenes the country\u2019s obligations under international law and is a troubling development, amid a broader backlash against human rights and the rule of law in Peru,\u201d said Volker T\u00fcrk, UN human rights chief, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrimes against humanity and war crimes are among the most serious violations of international law and neither amnesties nor statutes of limitations should extend to them,\u201d the statement added. \u201cThose responsible for atrocity crimes must be held accountable, consistent with international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to an estimate by the Peruvian prosecutor\u2019s office released in June, the legislation will have a direct impact on 550 victims and 600 cases, including investigations and judicial processes that would be archived or dismissed by statute of limitations.<\/p>\n<p>According to experts, the law will especially benefit Fujimori \u2014 who governed Peru from 1990 to 2000 and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/caribbean-alberto-fujimori-peru-south-america-lima-1ee2e7128ca6bd11e640cc92ec3bd734\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was sentenced in 2009;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">was sentenced in 2009<\/a> on charges of human rights abuses \u2014 in a current trial in which prosecutors seek to sentence him to 25 years in the murder of six peasants in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Follow AP\u2019s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/peru-enacts-law-restricting-prosecution-230344357.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE &ndash; 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