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Information from the Government
325.
No information was received from the Government regarding outstanding cases.
Information from sources
326.
No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases.
General allegation
327. Information was submitted by NGOs to the Working Group concerning alleged
obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration by the Government of Peru
(see paragraph 14). This information was transmitted to the Government.
328. Reportedly, the Peruvian military has systematically failed to provide courts and
prosecutors with information concerning the true identities of military personnel under
investigation for human rights abuses, including disappearances, committed during the country’s
armed conflict, which lasted from 1980 to 2000.
329. NGOs reported to have called on the Government of Peru to ensure that the Armed
Forces fully cooperate with civilian prosecutors and courts investigating human rights violations
committed in Peru’s armed conflict.
330.
No reply was received from the Government regarding this general allegation.
Summary of the situation prior to the period under review
331. The majority of the 3,006 reported cases of disappearance occurred between 1983
and 1992 in the context of the Government’s fight against the Communist Party of Peru,
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. The
majority of reported disappearances took place in areas of the country that had been under a state
of emergency and were under military control. Detentions were frequently carried out by
uniformed members of the Army and the Navy infantry, sometimes together with civil defence
groups.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
332. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group has transmitted a
total of 3,006 cases to the Government; of those, 385 cases have been clarified on the basis of
information provided by the source, 253 cases have been clarified on the basis of information
provided by the Government and 2,368 cases remain outstanding.
Observations
333. The Working Group wishes to remind the Government of Peru once again of its
responsibility to conduct thorough and impartial investigations “for as long as the fate of
the victim of enforced disappearance remains unclarified”, in accordance with article 13,
paragraph 6, of the Declaration.
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