On July 4, 2024, Peru’s Congress passed Bill No. 6951/2023-CR, a piece of legislation that would establish a statute of limitations on crimes against humanity committed from 1980-2002, effectively ensuring impunity for atrocities that occurred during former president Alberto Fujimori’s administration and Peru’s internal armed conflict. This decision came on the heels of an Inter-American Court of Human Rights resolution granting provisional measures in the Case of Barrios Altos and Case of La Cantuta v. Peru, both of which involved accountability for massacres committed under the Fujimori regime. Despite the Court’s admonishment of the bill and directive to the State... read more
Post tagged in "crimes against humanity"
