Inter-American Court of Human Rights granted the Peruvian State

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The Peruvian State will have until June 17 of this year to compile information on the law limiting the application of the crime against humanity, which was approved by Congress in 2002, so that numerous cases of extrajudicial executions and forced disappearances would go unpunished. teleSUR

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00:00The Peruvian state defended on Monday before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights a controversial bill that specifies the

00:06application and scope of the crime against humanity and war crimes in the Indian nation's legislation. During a public hearing

00:14to request provisional measures in the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases,

00:19considered massacres against the civilian population, the representatives of the Peruvian state dismissed the accusations.

00:25State agent Cesar Pastor Griseño pointed out that in the records of convictions for Barrios Altos and La Cantuta

00:32it can be verified that none was treated as crimes against humanity or war crimes, but for common criminal offenses,

00:39aggravated homicide, kidnapping, injuries. The proposal is promoted by Fujimorizm.

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