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1 September 2020
PERU
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
May 2011
Accessed Date:
18 March 2013
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Title:
Pérou. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Title:
Peru. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
19 August 2020
Accessed Date:
21 August 2020
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report – Peru
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Peru. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Peru. Human Rights in The Americas: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 February 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Peru. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Peru. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Peru
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/PER/1
Date of Document:
23 August 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Peru
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/PER/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
9 August 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
Title:
Compilation on Peru
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/PER/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
28 August 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Peru under article 40 of the Covenant pursuant to the optional reporting procedure, due in 2018
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
27 February 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Peru. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Requirements and procedures for re-acquiring citizenship if it was previously renounced, including legislation
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 December 2013
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Title:
Requirements and procedures for a foreign national married to a Peruvian citizen or resident to obtain residence; whether there is a time limit for residents to remain outside of Peru before losing their status; whether rights and obligations...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 February 2016
Accessed Date:
23 March 2016
Title:
Whether a Foreign Resident Card number is registered in the holder's passport along with a stamp indicating residence status (2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 January 2014
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Title:
Whether a medical report can be obtained by a person in Peru or abroad, or by a third party; the procedure to be followed, including whether there is standard report format at the national level; whether doctors are obliged to report to...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 March 2012
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Peru
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
June 2015
Author:
Oscar Andrés Pazo Pineda
Accessed Date:
10 February 2016
Title:
Governance and Policy Coordination: The Case of Birth Registration in Peru
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
September 2016
Author:
B. Guy Peters; Andrew Mawson
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
European Union Election Observation Mission General Elections Peru – 2016. Final Report.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
Title:
Republic of Peru. Election forCongreso de la República(Congress of the Republic) of 26 Jan 2020.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Republic of Peru. Election for President of 5 June 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
23 March 2017
Title:
Peru's Biggest Political Challenges Today
Source:
Pacific Council on International Policy
Date of Document:
30 January 2018
Author:
Jane S. Jaquette; Abraham F. Lowenthal
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Republic of Peru. Referendum of 5 December 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Domestic violence, including femicide; legislation; state protection and support services available to victims (2014-February 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 March 2018
Accessed Date:
28 March 2018
Title:
Peru. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
16 August 2019
Title:
Services available to children without parents, including those returning alone from abroad; state protection available to children abused by their parents (2012-April 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 May 2014
Accessed Date:
25 March 2015
Title:
Understanding Children's Experiences of Violence in Peru: Evidence from Young Lives
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
November 2016
Author:
Gabriela Guerrero; Vanessa Rojas
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice. Addendum: Mission to Peru.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
26 June 2015
Accessed Date:
15 February 2016
Title:
Ninth periodic report submitted by Peru under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2018
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
23 January 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
When Black Female Victims Aren't Seen as Victims
Date of Document:
31 May 2019
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Pérou: La situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 May 2016
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
Title:
Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) Persons
Source:
Centre for the Promotion and Defence of Sexual and Reproductive Rights; Centro IDEAS; Homosexual Community Esperanza Región Loreto
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Peru. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2020, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Peru. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
17 August 2020
Title:
Criminality, including frequency, reporting of, and government response (2012-February 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 March 2015
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Title:
Mutual Evaluation Report of Peru
Source:
Financial Action Task Force of Latin America
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Date of Document:
17 August 2020
Accessed Date:
17 August 2020
Title:
The gang 'Los Malditos de Bayóvar,' including activities, targets, group structure and areas of influence and operation (2015-March 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 March 2019
Accessed Date:
21 August 2019
Title:
Peru: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
17 August 2020
Title:
New President, Old Problems: Corruption and Organised Crime Keep Peru in Crisis
Source:
German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Date of Document:
July 2018
Author:
Christopher Heuser
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
10 March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Implementing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Phase 1 Report: Peru.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Working Group on Bribery
Date of Document:
6 March 2019
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Requirements and procedures to file a criminal complaint; requirements and procedures to obtain a copy of the complaint from within the country as well as from abroad (2015-March 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 March 2017
Accessed Date:
30 March 2017
Title:
Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on its mission to Peru
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council
Date of Document:
8 July 2016
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
Title:
UPDATE: Essential Issues of the Peruvian Legal System
Date of Document:
February 2020
Author:
Sergio Endress Gómez; Milagros Bustillos Pinto
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Legislative Observatory on Freedom of Expression in Peru
Source:
Facultad de Derecho
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru. Critics are not Criminals. Comparative Study of Criminal Defamation Laws in the Americas.
Source:
Debevoise and Plimpton LLP et al.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Peru. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Peru. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2020
Accessed Date:
17 August 2020
Title:
Peru. The Indigenous World 2020.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2020
Author:
José Carlos Díaz Zanelli
Accessed Date:
17 August 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined twenty-second and twenty-third periodic reports of Peru
Code:
CERD/C/PER/CO/22-23
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
23 May 2018
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
In Peru's Amazon, the church fills COVID-19 aid void for indigenous people
Source:
The New Humanitarian
Date of Document:
2 June 2020
Accessed Date:
17 August 2020
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2020:
Title:
Peru. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
21 August 2019
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
Accessed Date:
26 August 2019
Title:
Peru. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/peru
Accessed Date:
17 March 2020
Title:
Peru. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/peru
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru. Freedom in the World 2019.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/peru
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Peru.html
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2019, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/INCSR-Vol-INCSR-Vol.-I-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru. Country Reports on Terrorism 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 September 2018
URL:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/crt_2017.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Date of Document:
1 December 2015
URL:
http://www.insightcrime.org/peru-organized-crime-news/shining-path-profile
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
Title:
Peru: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-trafficking-in-persons-report-2/peru/
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru. 2019 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
23 May 2019
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/565db443-fab2-414a-828b-15f4aeb98bc1
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/peru/
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
May 2018
URL:
https://minorityrights.org/country/peru/
Accessed Date:
16 August 2019
Title:
Peru. The Indigenous World 2019.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
May 2019
URL:
https://www.iwgia.org/images/documents/indigenous-world/IndigenousWorld2019_UK.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Peru. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/americas/peru/report-peru/
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
Title:
Republic of Peru. Election for Congreso de la República (Congress of the Republic) of 10 April 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2679/
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Peru.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
http://www.bti-project.org/fileadmin/files/BTI/Downloads/Reports/2018/pdf/BTI_2018_Peru.pdf
Accessed Date:
28 March 2018
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report – Peru
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
https://www.bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report-PER.html
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
October 2019
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/perou/presentation-du-perou/
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Peru. Human Rights in The Americas: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 February 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/AMR0113532020ENGLISH.PDF
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Peru under article 40 of the Covenant pursuant to the optional reporting procedure, due in 2018
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
27 February 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/CCPR/C/PER/6
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Republic of Peru. Election forCongreso de la República(Congress of the Republic) of 26 Jan 2020.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3396/
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Peru's Biggest Political Challenges Today
Source:
Pacific Council on International Policy
Date of Document:
30 January 2018
Author:
Jane S. Jaquette; Abraham F. Lowenthal
URL:
https://www.pacificcouncil.org/newsroom/peru%E2%80%99s-biggest-political-challenges-today
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
Ninth periodic report submitted by Peru under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2018
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
23 January 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/CEDAW/C/PER/9
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
When Black Female Victims Aren't Seen as Victims
Date of Document:
31 May 2019
URL:
https://www.sapiens.org/culture/notoneless-black-female-victims/
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
UPDATE: Essential Issues of the Peruvian Legal System
Date of Document:
February 2020
Author:
Sergio Endress Gómez; Milagros Bustillos Pinto
URL:
https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Peru1.html
Accessed Date:
5 August 2020
Title:
In Peru's Amazon, the church fills COVID-19 aid void for indigenous people
Source:
The New Humanitarian
Date of Document:
2 June 2020
URL:
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2020/06/02/Peru-coronavirus-aid-church-indigenous
Accessed Date:
17 August 2020
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