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UN Member State or Permanent Observer making sexual rights related recommendations, comments or asking questions to the State under Review.

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Sources of information used as the basis for a State’s review.  Includes the State’s National Report, UN Compilation Report and a Stakeholder Summary.

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State responses to recommendations and issues raised in the UN Compilation and Stakeholder summary.

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  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Maldives

    Maldives
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    OIC
    Commonwealth
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Strengthen prevention and intervention capacities for addressing gender-based violence against women.
    Explanation
    El Estado a la fecha cuenta con una Política Nacional de Igualdad de Género, siendo su horizonte temporal para su implementación hasta el 2030, y cuenta con 6 objetivos prioritarios: i) Reducir la violencia hacia las mujeres; ii) Garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos a la salud sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres; iii) Garantizar el acceso y participación de las mujeres en espacios de toma de decisiones; iv) Garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos económicos y sociales de las mujeres; v) Reducir las barreras institucionales que obstaculizan la igualdad en los ámbitos público y privado entre hombres y mujeres; y, vi) Reducir la incidencia de los patrones socioculturales discriminatorios en la población. Estos objetivos se materializan a través de 52 servicios que permiten la actuación interinstitucional de 21 entidades de la administración pública.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Venezuela

    Venezuela
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    ACS
    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Ratify the OP-ICESCR.
    Explanation
    El Perú ha venido implementando diversas medidas para lograr este objetivo, incluyendo acciones dirigidas a facilitar la ratificación de dicho tratado. Así, el Plan Nacional de Derechos Humanos 2018-2021 (PNDH) estableció una acción estratégica específica para impulsar la ratificación del referido Protocolo Facultativo y con ello permitir la aceptación de la competencia del Comité para recibir y examinar comunicaciones relacionadas con el cumplimiento de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Montenegro

    Montenegro
    Regional group
    EEG
    Issue:
    • Early marriage
    • Forced marriage
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Amend the Civil Code and explicitly prohibit the marriage of children and adolescents.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Abortion
    • Forced sterilization
    • Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    2nd session, May 2008
    Status:
    Not Followed up with a Recommendation
    Contents:
    CAT in 2006, the HR Committee in 2000 and CERD in 1999 expressed concern at reports of women, particularly indigenous women in rural areas, undergoing involuntary sterilization. CRC and CERD noted with concern that access to health and health services is inadequate, especially in rural and remote areas of the country. The rates of maternal, infant and under-five mortality, despite some improvements, continue to be among the highest in Latin America. CEDAW urged Peru to review the restrictive interpretation of therapeutic abortion which is legal; to consider removing punitive provisions relating to abortion for unwanted pregnancies; and to provide women with access to quality services. In 2005, the HR Committee adopted views on a case in which the victim was denied a therapeutic abortion. In 2006, in relation to this particular case, the Government informed the Committee of a proposed amendment to the Criminal Code or the enactment of a special law regulating therapeutic abortion, and indicated that they had offered compensation to the victim. The victim refused compensation, noting that the legislative framework already exists but that it should be interpreted in accordance with international standards. In 2007, CEDAW called upon Peru to comply with the Committee's recommendations concerning this case. [Para 32; CAT, CRC, CERD, CEDAW]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Outcome Report

    Issue:
    • Marginalized groups of women
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Comment
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    ... IIMA encouraged Peru … to provide preventive programmes to address violence against indigenous women and increase support services for survivors.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Iceland

    Iceland
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Issue:
    • Rights of same-sex desiring persons
    • Transgender persons' rights
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Enact legislations that ban conversion therapies.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    CEDAW recommended that Peru approve the new national policy for the prevention and attention to gender violence 2022–2027. [Para 58]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Sex work / "prostitution"
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    JS13 recommended that Peru carry out national campaigns to counter discrimination, including against female sex workers. [Para 23]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Sexual violence
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Not Followed up with a Recommendation
    Contents:
    JS4 indicated that more treatment needed to be provided for child and adolescent victims of domestic and sexual violence. [Para 63]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Argentina

    Argentina
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    • Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
    • Violence on the basis of gender identity
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Take appropriate measures in order to investigate and punish any act of discrimination or violence against LGBTIQ persons.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Slovenia

    Slovenia
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Abortion
    • Sexual violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Review its restrictive interpretation of therapeutic abortion and decriminalizing abortion in cases of rape, incest and sever fetal impairment.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Cuba

    Cuba
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    ACS
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Continue the implementation of the National Plan against the gender violence 2016-2021.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Greece

    Greece
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    • Sexual violence
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Take up all effective measures in order to effectively tackle reported phenomena of violence against women and girls, domestic and sexual violence, as well as femicide.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    National Report

    Issue:
    • HIV and AIDS
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    A protocol for the prevention and control of HIV infection among indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin, which has intercultural relevance, was also adopted in 2016. [Para 56]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    • Women's participation
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    [CEDAW] The same Committee recommended that Peru use temporary special measures aimed
    at accelerating equality in all areas in which women were underrepresented or disadvantaged. [Para 46]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    CEDAW was concerned about provisions in the Labour, Civil and Penal Codes that directly discriminated against women, in addition to the gender-neutral provisions that sometimes indirectly discriminated against them. [Para 82]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Transgender persons' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    The Runa Institute said that the imposition of barriers preventing access to the right to work was the most striking example of discrimination against the transgender population. [Para 60]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    National Report

    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    2nd session, May 2008
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    The recently enacted Equal Opportunities between Men and Women Act is designed to ensure full equality between men and women. It is based on the principles of equality, respect for freedom, dignity, security, human life, and the recognition of Peru as a multicultural and multilingual country. [Para 66]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Outcome Report

    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Voluntary Commitment
    Session:
    2nd session, May 2008
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    Submitting outstanding reports to treaty bodies and in this regard, the concrete timetable to submit the outstanding reports within the framework of the ICERD (December 2008), the ICESCR (December 2008), ICCPR (June 2009).
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 87) In 2011, as part of its multisectoral working methodology, that included the participation of civil society, Peru submitted its fifth periodic report under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Tunisia

    Tunisia
    Regional group
    Africa Group
    Political group
    AU
    OIC
    AL
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Gender perspective in policies, programmes
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Intensify its efforts in the area of social, economic and cultural rights and give a more important role to gender and inter-culturality in public policies, in particular in education, health and justice.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 56) A protocol for vertical childbirth, which has intercultural relevance, was adopted in 2016 with a view to helping reduce perinatal maternal morbidity and mortality. In addition, to address the barriers imposed by the geographical inaccessibility of health facilities, a culturally appropriate strategy of developing residential facilities for expectant mothers has been pursued.
    Para 57) The new national curriculum takes cross-cutting approaches that seek to expand the skills of students, guide classroom instruction and emphasize gender equality and interculturality in all educational processes.

    UN Compilation:
    Para 75) The country team noted as a positive development the national basic education curriculum, which had incorporated a rights and gender-based approach in schools.

    Stakeholder Summary:
    Para 72) JS9 recognized that the new regular basic education curriculum included as crosscutting themes gender equality and non-discrimination based on difference, including sexual orientation and gender identity. S9, JS11, JS6 and CIISSS warned that conservative sectors had initiated a campaign against the alleged “gender ideology” and had launched a strategy with the slogan “Don’t Mess with My Children”, which aimed to have the curriculum terminated.
    Para 74) The Runa Institute said that the education provided was based on binary male-female gender models, which meant that educational content was detrimental to transgender students.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Uruguay

    Uruguay
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Issue:
    • Birth registration
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Facilitate the registration of all births and promote, in line with article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, birth registration of those children who were not registered at birth, in particular in the rural and remote areas of the country. Simultaneously, provide training to personnel in charge of birth registration.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 54) In 2016, 99.2 per cent of Peruvians had a national identity card, a figure that represented a considerable improvement on the 97.3 per cent in 2012. Although the increase has been sustained in all areas of the country, the figure in rural areas (98.4 per cent) has not yet reached the national average. To close this gap and provide documentation services free of charge to the country’s most remote settlements, especially in the Amazon Basin, a number of mobile service strategies have been pursued in coordination with other sectors. In 2015, furthermore, a strategy for technical assistance with registration was implemented. It is aimed at strengthening 200 civil register offices in native communities and populated places, where a large percentage of birth records was found to contain errors and omissions. Such a situation is detrimental to children. The strategy has been implemented with a focus on indigenous communities and populated places in poverty or extreme poverty.

    UN Compilation:
    Para 54) Three Committees were concerned that a significant number of indigenous children, women and girls continued to face difficulty in gaining access to the birth register and obtaining identity documents, particularly in the indigenous communities of the Amazonian and Andean regions.

    Stakeholder Summary:
    Para 57) JS19 ... recognized that the Government had launched a bilingual birth certificate register in some indigenous languages but noted that bilingual identity cards had not yet been introduced.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Slovenia

    Slovenia
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Gender perspective in the UPR process
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    2nd session, May 2008
    Status:
    No Response
    Contents:
    To ensure that a gender perspective is fully integrated in the next stages of the review, including in the outcome of the UPR and that the gender perspective be systematically and continuously integrated in this follow-up process.
    Explanation
    In a constructive spirit and within the framework of its national legislation, Peru will study each of the recommendations, and these will also serve as substantial guidance for the human rights agenda.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 94) The Peruvian Government has endeavoured to maintain a gender perspective in the implementation of its public policies, in order to guarantee the exercise of women's rights, as reflected throughout this report. Despite the progress already achieved, the Government is determined to continue implementing affirmative measures benefiting women.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Holy See

    Holy See
    Regional group
    Observer
    Issue:
    • Inappropriate content
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Partially Accepted
    Contents:
    Amend article 140 of the Constitution and continue to protect the institution of the natural family.
    Explanation
    With regard to the amendment of article 140 of the Constitution, Peru reiterates its comments on recommendation No. 119.1. It also partially accepts the second part of recommendation 119.3 and agrees on the importance of protecting the family, further recognizing, as required by the case law of the Constitutional Court, the need to protect other family models, including, for example, reconstituted families and single-parent families.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Adolescent sexual activity
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    CESCR recommended amending the criminal code, concerned that it classified consensual sexual relations between adolescents as statutory rape ... [Para 10]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Right to marry
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    • Rights of same-sex desiring persons
    • Transgender persons' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    JS9 recommended that a law be passed to ensure equality and non-discrimination on the basis of ... gender identity; that sexual orientation and gender identity be included among the categories protected under Act No. 28983 of 2007 (Equality of Opportunity for Women and Men Act) ... that legislation which denies or restricts people's rights on the basis of their ... gender identity or forms of gender expression be repealed or amended and that equal marriage rights be established by means of an amendment of the Constitution and the Civil Code ... that a law be passed to make it permissible for the notation of the name and gender of holders of the national identity document (DNI) to reflect those with which they identify. [Para 20]

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