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40.
The delegation stated that in 2016 the judiciary had approved the National Plan on
Access to Justice for Vulnerable Persons (2016–2021) and the judicial branch had created
the Gender Justice Commission. Also, in March 2017, the first integrated judicial module
on gender-based violence had been inaugurated.
41.
Regarding intercultural justice, the judicial branch had implemented a web-based
module to provide services for interpreters and translators of indigenous languages, with 26
interpreters in several original languages.
42.
With regard to forced disappearances, since January 2016 the specialized forensic
team of the Public Prosecutor’s Office had recovered 3,410 corpses from 2,244 burial sites.
It noted that the task had been carried out using the practical guide for the recovery and
analysis of human remains in contexts of violations of human rights and violations of
international humanitarian law, approved in a resolution of the Office of the Attorney
General.
43.
The Public Prosecution Service had carried out investigations on the basis of oral
and written complaints by families and media reports into alleged forced sterilizations in
different hospitals and health centres in the departments of San Martín, Huánuco, Piura,
Huancavelica, Cajamarca, Cusco, Apurimac and Ucayali.
44.
The delegation submitted that, in 2017, the country had incorporated into its
legislation the criminal offence of labour exploitation and had modified regulations on the
crime of forced labour. In the area of child labour, the National Strategy for the Prevention
and Eradication of Child Labour (2012–2021) had been approved, and a child labour
registry had been implemented.
45.
The delegation stated that there were 55 indigenous peoples and 47 indigenous
languages in Peru, which represented around 4 million indigenous peoples. Pursuant to the
law on the right to prior consultation of indigenous peoples, between 2014 and 2017, 36
prior consultation processes involving 43 indigenous peoples had been carried out and, in
all the consultation processes carried out, agreements had been reached. It also stated that
there were indigenous people in isolation and initial contact in Peru and that, in 2016, it had
categorized three reserves for their protection. In 2016, the intercultural health sectoral
policy had been approved and, in 2017, a working group to promote the rights of
indigenous women had been created.
46.
The National Plan for the Development of the Afro-Peruvian Population (2016–
2020) had been approved in 2016, aimed at guaranteeing the right to equality and nondiscrimination of the Afro-Peruvian population. The Ministry of Culture included a
specialized directorate for the Afro-Peruvian population and a working group on the AfroPeruvian population had been created.
47.
Timor-Leste welcomed the establishment of the National Commission against
Discrimination, the “Racism Warning” platform, the national justice agreement and the
national plan on access to justice for vulnerable persons. It also commended Peru for the
establishment of national mechanisms for the prevention of torture.
48.
Tunisia commended Peru for its ratification of the International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the establishment of
emergency centres for victims of violence.
49.
Ukraine noted positively the ratification of a number of international treaties, the
designation of the Office of Ombudsman as the national preventive mechanism and the
adoption of a new version of the National Human Rights Plan along with several action
plans in related areas.
50.
The United Kingdom commended Peru for its efforts to develop a national human
rights strategy, including a reference to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
questioning and intersex persons. It expressed concern at incidents of forced labour and sex
trafficking in the highland and rainforest regions and of violence and sexual assault against
women and girls across the country.
51.
The United States expressed its support of the focus on combating corruption and
investigations into alleged extrajudicial killings by the police. It welcomed efforts to reduce
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