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
- 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
- APRIL 25, 2001PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru voted in favour of the resolution on the death...
Peru voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- DECEMBER 12, 2000PeruDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto...
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto Fujimori should answer the charges against him