Latest items for Peru
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: VOTE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee nevertheless notes with concern… Complaints about women with disabilities being disfranchised because they were not on the electoral roll as a consequence of previously being subject to guardianship/interdiction status" (11).
Variables: VOTE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee nevertheless notes with concern… Complaints about women with disabilities being disfranchised because they were not on the electoral roll as a consequence of previously being subject to guardianship/interdiction status" (11).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee is concerned, however, about the high levels of gender-based violence against women, which have been exacerbated since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women, women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons, rural women, refugee and migrant women and women and girls in detention" (4).
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee is concerned, however, about the high levels of gender-based violence against women, which have been exacerbated since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women, women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons, rural women, refugee and migrant women and women and girls in detention" (4).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"It notes with concern, however: (a) That the State party continues to be a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking in persons, in particular women and girls, for the purposes of sexual exploitation, including online and sex tourism; (b) That indigenous women living in remote areas with limited access to government services; migrant women seeking employment opportunities in the gold mining industry; women from communities residing on the Amazon River; and refugee and migrant women from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are at a particularly high risk of being trafficked" (10).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"It notes with concern, however: (a) That the State party continues to be a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking in persons, in particular women and girls, for the purposes of sexual exploitation, including online and sex tourism; (b) That indigenous women living in remote areas with limited access to government services; migrant women seeking employment opportunities in the gold mining industry; women from communities residing on the Amazon River; and refugee and migrant women from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are at a particularly high risk of being trafficked" (10).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes… the adoption of the… National Policy against Trafficking in Persons and its Forms of Exploitation by 2030, approved by Supreme Decree No. 009-2021-IN, of 18 August 2021" (2). "It notes with concern, however… The lack of information on a national referral mechanism for victims of trafficking, as well as on remedies for victims, including the recognition of their victim status under criminal law, and on any progress in establishing a fund comprised of seized assets to compensate victims" (10).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes… the adoption of the… National Policy against Trafficking in Persons and its Forms of Exploitation by 2030, approved by Supreme Decree No. 009-2021-IN, of 18 August 2021" (2). "It notes with concern, however… The lack of information on a national referral mechanism for victims of trafficking, as well as on remedies for victims, including the recognition of their victim status under criminal law, and on any progress in establishing a fund comprised of seized assets to compensate victims" (10).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes... the adoption of the following... Legislative Decree No. 1323 (2017), which contributes to efforts to combat femicide, domestic violence and gender-based violence by establishing new offences and aggravating circumstances" (2). "The Committee welcomes the strengthening of legal provisions to combat gender-based violence against women in the State party, including the adoption of Act No. 30364 on the prevention of violence against women and members of the family group" (8).
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes... the adoption of the following... Legislative Decree No. 1323 (2017), which contributes to efforts to combat femicide, domestic violence and gender-based violence by establishing new offences and aggravating circumstances" (2). "The Committee welcomes the strengthening of legal provisions to combat gender-based violence against women in the State party, including the adoption of Act No. 30364 on the prevention of violence against women and members of the family group" (8).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"That the highly restrictive access to abortion in therapeutic cases has resulted in the denial of this procedure to women and girls who are victims of forced pregnancy through sexual violence" (14).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"That the highly restrictive access to abortion in therapeutic cases has resulted in the denial of this procedure to women and girls who are victims of forced pregnancy through sexual violence" (14).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Provisions in criminal legislation... hold women criminally liable for accessing abortion in non-therapeutic cases, forcing women and girls to resort to unsafe abortion at the risk of their life and health" (14).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Provisions in criminal legislation... hold women criminally liable for accessing abortion in non-therapeutic cases, forcing women and girls to resort to unsafe abortion at the risk of their life and health" (14).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the efforts to increase girls’ and women’s access to education across the State party through the development of a bilingual and intercultural education service model in 2018. It notes with concern, however: (a) That the high illiteracy rates disproportionally affect women and girls from marginalized communities who face intersecting forms of discrimination, such as indigenous, rural and Afro-Peruvian women and girls and women and girls with disabilities, refugees and migrants, many of whom have no formal education at all; (b) The disproportionately low literacy and school completion rates among girls who become pregnant" (12).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the efforts to increase girls’ and women’s access to education across the State party through the development of a bilingual and intercultural education service model in 2018. It notes with concern, however: (a) That the high illiteracy rates disproportionally affect women and girls from marginalized communities who face intersecting forms of discrimination, such as indigenous, rural and Afro-Peruvian women and girls and women and girls with disabilities, refugees and migrants, many of whom have no formal education at all; (b) The disproportionately low literacy and school completion rates among girls who become pregnant" (12).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"[A]lmost one in five girls in Peru is married before the age of 18" (8).
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"[A]lmost one in five girls in Peru is married before the age of 18" (8).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ATC-DATA-4
"The Committee encourages the State party to ratify, as soon as possible, the Optional Protocol to the Convention and to accept the amendment to article 20 (1) of the Convention concerning the meeting time of the Committee" (18). This implies that Peru has not yet acceded to the CEDAW optional protocal (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ATC-DATA-4
"The Committee encourages the State party to ratify, as soon as possible, the Optional Protocol to the Convention and to accept the amendment to article 20 (1) of the Convention concerning the meeting time of the Committee" (18). This implies that Peru has not yet acceded to the CEDAW optional protocal (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ATC-DATA-5
"The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the consideration of the previous report, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international and regional instruments: (a) Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), of the International Labour Organization, in 2022... (e) Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), of the International Labour Organization, in 2018; (f) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, in 2015; (g) Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, deposited in 2014" (3).
Variables: ATC-DATA-5
"The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the consideration of the previous report, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international and regional instruments: (a) Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), of the International Labour Organization, in 2022... (e) Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), of the International Labour Organization, in 2018; (f) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, in 2015; (g) Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, deposited in 2014" (3).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"[T]he Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the reparations processes and prevent revictimization of women, including by: Establishing a clear time frame for the development of a comprehensive intersectoral national action plan to implement Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions on women and peace and security, in cooperation with women’s civil society organizations" (9-10). This implies that Peru has not yet set a time frame for the development of this plan (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"[T]he Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the reparations processes and prevent revictimization of women, including by: Establishing a clear time frame for the development of a comprehensive intersectoral national action plan to implement Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions on women and peace and security, in cooperation with women’s civil society organizations" (9-10). This implies that Peru has not yet set a time frame for the development of this plan (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"It nevertheless notes with concern: (a) The absence of effective mechanisms to assess women’s contributions to joint property through unpaid domestic work in judicial decisions on the division of property upon dissolution of a union, pursuant to Act No. 30550" (17).
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"It nevertheless notes with concern: (a) The absence of effective mechanisms to assess women’s contributions to joint property through unpaid domestic work in judicial decisions on the division of property upon dissolution of a union, pursuant to Act No. 30550" (17).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-3
"[M]any women and girls are not informed of their economic and property rights upon dissolution of marriage or de facto unions" (17).
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-3
"[M]any women and girls are not informed of their economic and property rights upon dissolution of marriage or de facto unions" (17).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: CUST-LAW-2
"The Committee welcomes the...waiver of court fees in relation to children born out of wedlock" (17).
Variables: CUST-LAW-2
"The Committee welcomes the...waiver of court fees in relation to children born out of wedlock" (17).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: CUST-LAW-3
"The Committee welcomes the laws on... free DNA testing and the rationalization of the proceedings for establishing paternity and the provisional payment of maintenance... [and] waiver of court fees in relation to children born out of wedlock" (17).
Variables: CUST-LAW-3
"The Committee welcomes the laws on... free DNA testing and the rationalization of the proceedings for establishing paternity and the provisional payment of maintenance... [and] waiver of court fees in relation to children born out of wedlock" (17).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... rural women" (4). "It notes with concern… That young women are unable to access the courts or to personally report cases of gender-based violence against women without an adult present, and that... rural women... are often harassed and denied services when seeking to access justice" (5). "It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following... Financial,...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... rural women" (4). "It notes with concern… That young women are unable to access the courts or to personally report cases of gender-based violence against women without an adult present, and that... rural women... are often harassed and denied services when seeking to access justice" (5). "It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following... Financial,...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... refugee and migrant women" (4). "It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following... Financial, linguistic, accessible and geographical barriers to gaining access to justice faced by... refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women" (5). "It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... refugee and migrant women" (4). "It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following... Financial, linguistic, accessible and geographical barriers to gaining access to justice faced by... refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women" (5). "It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: CWC-DATA-4
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... refugee and migrant women" (4). "It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following... Financial, linguistic, accessible and geographical barriers to gaining access to justice faced by... refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women" (5). "[M]igrant women seeking employment opportunities in the gold mining industry... and refugee and migrant women from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-4
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... refugee and migrant women" (4). "It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following... Financial, linguistic, accessible and geographical barriers to gaining access to justice faced by... refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women" (5). "[M]igrant women seeking employment opportunities in the gold mining industry... and refugee and migrant women from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"It nevertheless remains concerned at the pervasiveness of such attitudes and the social legitimization of harmful practices against women and girls in the State party, as manifested in… Gender-based violence against women and discrimination against women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons, refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women and indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women, in particular in the delivery of health services" (7-8). "It notes with concern... The lack of age-appropriate sexuality education at all levels, including education on sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality" (12). "The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to prevent early pregnancies, including the National Multisectoral...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"It nevertheless remains concerned at the pervasiveness of such attitudes and the social legitimization of harmful practices against women and girls in the State party, as manifested in… Gender-based violence against women and discrimination against women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons, refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women and indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women, in particular in the delivery of health services" (7-8). "It notes with concern... The lack of age-appropriate sexuality education at all levels, including education on sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality" (12). "The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to prevent early pregnancies, including the National Multisectoral...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"Economic barriers... restrict access to sexual and reproductive health services and information, including emergency contraception, for rural women and girls, as well as indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women" (14).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"Economic barriers... restrict access to sexual and reproductive health services and information, including emergency contraception, for rural women and girls, as well as indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women" (14).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-3
"The delegation also included representatives of… the National Council for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities" (1). "The Committee welcomes... the adoption of the following… Legislative Decree No. 1384 (2018), recognizing and regulating the legal capacity of persons with disabilities on equal terms" (2). "The Committee welcomes… the adoption of the… National Multisectoral Policy on Disability for Development to 2030, approved by Supreme Decree No. 007-2021-MIMP of 5 June 2021" (2-3). "It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-3
"The delegation also included representatives of… the National Council for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities" (1). "The Committee welcomes... the adoption of the following… Legislative Decree No. 1384 (2018), recognizing and regulating the legal capacity of persons with disabilities on equal terms" (2). "The Committee welcomes… the adoption of the… National Multisectoral Policy on Disability for Development to 2030, approved by Supreme Decree No. 007-2021-MIMP of 5 June 2021" (2-3). "It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... women and girls in detention" (4). "The Committee welcomes the efforts made by the State party to strengthen access to justice for women, including the National Programme on Access to Justice for Vulnerable Persons, 2016–2021. It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following: (a) Discriminatory stereotypes and limited knowledge of women’s rights among members of...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... women and girls in detention" (4). "The Committee welcomes the efforts made by the State party to strengthen access to justice for women, including the National Programme on Access to Justice for Vulnerable Persons, 2016–2021. It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following: (a) Discriminatory stereotypes and limited knowledge of women’s rights among members of...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"It remains deeply concerned, however, about the high incidence of intimate partner violence against women, exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, noting that over the past two years the numbers of femicides, sexual violence and disappearances of young women increased exponentially" (8).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"It remains deeply concerned, however, about the high incidence of intimate partner violence against women, exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, noting that over the past two years the numbers of femicides, sexual violence and disappearances of young women increased exponentially" (8).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"It notes with concern… That young women are unable to access the courts or to personally report cases of gender-based violence against women without an adult present, and that indigenous women, rural women, women land right defenders, women with disabilities and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons are often harassed and denied services when seeking to access justice" (5). "The Committee notes the introduction of… Supreme Decree No. 017-2021-TR, regulating Act No. 31153, a quota for the preferential inclusion of victims of domestic violence in programmes for the promotion or generation of employment, or in vocational training programmes" (7).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"It notes with concern… That young women are unable to access the courts or to personally report cases of gender-based violence against women without an adult present, and that indigenous women, rural women, women land right defenders, women with disabilities and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons are often harassed and denied services when seeking to access justice" (5). "The Committee notes the introduction of… Supreme Decree No. 017-2021-TR, regulating Act No. 31153, a quota for the preferential inclusion of victims of domestic violence in programmes for the promotion or generation of employment, or in vocational training programmes" (7).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ERBG-LAW-2
"It notes with concern… The limited effectiveness of the free hotline to respond to cases of sexual harassment at work" (13).
Variables: ERBG-LAW-2
"It notes with concern… The limited effectiveness of the free hotline to respond to cases of sexual harassment at work" (13).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"It remains deeply concerned, however, about the high incidence of intimate partner violence against women, exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, noting that over the past two years the numbers of femicides, sexual violence and disappearances of young women increased exponentially" (8). "[I]n 2018 the National Victim Registry reported 5,266 cases of sexual abuse and that 201 women and girls had children of their aggressors" (14).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"It remains deeply concerned, however, about the high incidence of intimate partner violence against women, exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, noting that over the past two years the numbers of femicides, sexual violence and disappearances of young women increased exponentially" (8). "[I]n 2018 the National Victim Registry reported 5,266 cases of sexual abuse and that 201 women and girls had children of their aggressors" (14).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"It notes with concern… That young women are unable to access the courts or to personally report cases of gender-based violence against women without an adult present, and that indigenous women, rural women, women land right defenders, women with disabilities and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons are often harassed and denied services when seeking to access justice" (5).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"It notes with concern… That young women are unable to access the courts or to personally report cases of gender-based violence against women without an adult present, and that indigenous women, rural women, women land right defenders, women with disabilities and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons are often harassed and denied services when seeking to access justice" (5).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes... the adoption of the following… Legislative Decree No. 1386 (2018), which explicitly recognizes the obligation to provide specialized care to victims of sexual violence" (2).
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes... the adoption of the following… Legislative Decree No. 1386 (2018), which explicitly recognizes the obligation to provide specialized care to victims of sexual violence" (2).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"12.6 per cent of women and girls between 15 and 19 years old had children or were pregnant, according to the National Survey on Health and Family conducted in 2019" (13).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"12.6 per cent of women and girls between 15 and 19 years old had children or were pregnant, according to the National Survey on Health and Family conducted in 2019" (13).