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29 March 2019
PERU
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic 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:
14 March 2018
Accessed Date:
21 March 2018
Title:
Peru. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
18 March 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
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
Title:
Peru. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
26 March 2018
Title:
Peru. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
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
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Peru Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
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
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents; legislation
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
Keywords:
citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; marriage
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
Keywords:
identity documents; legislation
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
Keywords:
crime; identity documents; medical records; police/security forces; social services
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
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation; statistics
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 for Congreso de la República (Congress of the Republic) of 10 April 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
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:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Peru.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
28 March 2018
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 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
25 March 2015
Keywords:
children; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; femicide; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; identity documents; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; political organizations; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
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
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; institutional efficacy; legislation; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Combined Seventh and Eighth Periodic Reports of Peru
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Date of Document:
24 July 2014
Accessed Date:
25 March 2015
Keywords:
domestic violence; family law; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; identity documents; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; minorities; police efficacy; race; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
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
Keywords:
gender equality; gender-based violence; legislation
Title:
Concluding Observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Peru
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
2 March 2016
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
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:
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:
Peru LBGTI: Landscape Analysis of Political, Economic and Social Conditions
Source:
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice; LGBT Global Development Partnership
Accessed Date:
18 November 2015
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 2017, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
23 March 2017
Title:
Peru. Country Reports on Terrorism 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
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
Keywords:
armed groups; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Peru. Country Profile.
Date of Document:
28 February 2016
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces
Date of Document:
1 December 2015
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
Title:
Peru Police Port Operation Shows Drug Trade Power Dynamics
Date of Document:
22 June 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
Title:
Peru: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
Title:
New Developments in Organized Crime in Peru
Date of Document:
20 May 2016
Accessed Date:
23 March 2017
Title:
Peru. 2018 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
23 January 2018
Accessed Date:
26 March 2018
Title:
Republic of Peru. Final Report. Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Committee of Experts.
Code:
OEA/Ser.L.SG/MESICIC/doc.461.15 rev.4
Source:
Organization of American States
Date of Document:
11 March 2016
Accessed Date:
23 March 2017
Title:
Peru Mayor's Arrest Spotlights Ties Between Crime, Local Politics
Date of Document:
7 April 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
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:
Peru Country Profile
Source:
The International Security Sector Advisory Team
Date of Document:
2 October 2015
Accessed Date:
15 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; country overview; extremist/terrorist organizations; organized crime; police/security forces; political opposition; statistics
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
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Peru. Freedom of the Press 2015.
Accessed Date:
2 March 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; crime; domestic violence; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities
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:
State Communication Surveillance and the Protection of Fundamental Rights in Peru
Source:
Necessary and Proportionate
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
Title:
Peru. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2018
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Case Study: Peru's Afro-descendant population: from invisibility to a national ‘month of culture.' State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
24 January 2017
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 30 April 2018:
Title:
Peru. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=277353
Accessed Date:
25 April 2018
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