Peru
2026
STATUSAbolitionist for ordinary crimes
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 29, 1993
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Congress of the Republic of Peru
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice, judges appointed by the National Judicial Council
RELIGIONS
81% Catholic, other minorities
From the country
- OCTOBER 5, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
Miss Peru, Marina Mora, will use the opportunity of...
Miss Peru, Marina Mora, will use the opportunity of participating in the Miss World competition in Nigeria to press for the rights of Amina Lawal
- JUNE 1, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
The full horror of Peru's dark years is emerging into...
The full horror of Peru's dark years is emerging into the light in a Latin American version of a truth and reconciliation commission
- MAY 21, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed...
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed former spy chief had ordered the execution of 14 rebel hostage-takers at the climax of a 1997 hostage siege in Lima
- APRIL 25, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
Perù voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death...
Perù voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights