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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:

    Ukraine

    Ukraine
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    CIS
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Implement effectively a comprehensive strategy and new national policy for the prevention and attention to gender violence.
    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:

    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    OIC
    Commonwealth
    Issue:
    • Trafficking in women and / or girls
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Scale up efforts in order to tackle trafficking in persons, especially women and girls.
  • 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:
    • Intersex persons' rights
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Sex work / "prostitution"
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Take measures to combat discrimination, through national campaigns on non-discrimination, including against sex workers and LGBTI persons, and adapt the legislation to protect the rights of refugees and migrants, especially against unequal treatment before the law.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
    • Marginalized groups of women
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    CEDAW recommended that Peru provide an appropriate environment for women detainees who were pregnant and ensure women’s access to adequate health services, including obstetric and gynaecological services. ... [Para 20]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Sexuality education
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    The United Nations country team recommended that Peru reformulate the Act [No. 31498], since it has an impact on the exercise of the right to education, [Para 47]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Rights of same-sex desiring persons
    • Transgender persons' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    JS6 recommended that Peru include in the legal system the sanctioning of conversion therapies, the offering, and performance of all psychotherapeutic and medical practices aimed at changing persons’ sexual orientation and gender identity. [Para 77]
  • 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:
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Enhance efforts in order to better address the issue of domestic violence.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 39) Moreover, Legislative Decree No. 1323 bolsters efforts to combat femicide, domestic violence and gender-based violence by redefining the criminal offence of sexual exploitation and establishing aggravated penalties (from 20 to 25 years), significantly harsher than those for other criminal offences, when the victim is a child or adolescent. It also establishes a custodial sentence of not less than 25 years and not more than 30 years in the event of the victim’s death.
    Para 99) The Prevention, Care and Protection Strategy to Address Domestic and Sexual Violence in Rural Areas was adopted in 2012. 150 It established a local system of intercultural justice in 33 rural districts of 18 regions, jointly with local governments, community leaders and institutional actors, to promote coordination between ordinary and community justice systems. The Strategy includes plans and protocols appropriate to the institutional and community reality in rural areas.

    UN Compilation:
    Para 84) Two Committees were concerned at reports of widespread violence against women and girls, including domestic and sexual violence and femicide. In 2014, the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice noted that violence against women was a widespread problem in all spheres, including the home, school, work and public spaces, and that prosecutions of crimes were still not receiving the priority they deserved. ... The country team recognized that progress had been made, but pointed out that gender-based violence continued to be a critical issue; ... .
    Para 87) Two Committees were concerned at the high levels of violence against children, including domestic and sexual violence.

    Stakeholder Summary:
    Para 76) CLCGS welcomed adopted legislation regarding the criminalization of violence against women, including femicide, sexual harassment, and promoting equal opportunities between women and men and several national plans; however, despite these laws 70.8 per cent of women had suffered some type of violence by their partner. ...
    Para 101) The Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) welcomed the adoption of Supreme Decree N 001-2017-IN that provided temporary residence for ... victims of acts of violence against women.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    Slovenia

    Slovenia
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescences.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 76) The interpretation of article 4 of the General Health Act whereby adolescents’ access to contraceptives was restricted has been overturned and, in keeping with the view that family planning is not medical or surgical treatment but an activity designed to prevent unwanted pregnancies, a programme giving adolescents access to health services for the revention of pregnancy was launched. This ensures that they are provided with orientation, advice and customized comprehensive care, with an emphasis on sexual and reproductive health. Despite these efforts, the rate of teenage pregnancy is high (12.7 per cent as of 2016, according to official figures).
    Para 77) The technical health regulations for the comprehensive and differentiated care of adolescents during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period were also adopted. The regulations encourage access to contraceptives in the postnatal or post-abortion period after orientation or counselling in sexual and reproductive health, with the emphasis placed on family planning to prevent another pregnancy.

    UN Compilation:
    Para 67) CRC was concerned about the high rate of teenage pregnancy, the lack of access by adolescents to sexual and reproductive health services, ... .

    Stakeholder Summary:
    Para 66) ... JS7 drew attention to the high maternal mortality rate among adolescents, public misinformation, discrimination and problems with infrastructure and equipment. ... JS6 and JS7 noted that the teenage pregnancy rate had not decreased and there were still barriers preventing access to information.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    National Report

    Issue:
    • Birth registration
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    The aim of the budget programme on the universal right to identity run by the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) is to extend national coverage of the identification and vital statistics services through the issue of national identification papers and birth certificates to all adults and children. The programme in 2009 was allocated a budget of S/. 28,000,000 (approximately US$ 10.7 million). In 2012 a budget of S/. 229,800,000 (approximately US$ 88 million) was allocated. [Para 90]
  • 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:
    With a view to the advancement of the historically marginalized sectors of society, article 191 of the Constitution establishes quotas for gender representation and for representation of the peasant and indigenous communities and native peoples in regional councils; the same applies to municipal councils. This quota system is one of the mechanisms used by the State to assist groups or sectors subject to discrimination that need such measures to promote and ensure their participation; such preferential treatment can be objectively and reasonably justified. Another key aspect of increasing and improving indigenous peoples' involvement in regional and local public affairs is the introduction of participatory budgeting, a democratic mechanism through which indigenous representatives can present their needs and demands in order to obtain public funds. [Para 81]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Abortion
    • Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
    • Adolescent pregnancy
    • Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    CESCR was concerned about the high rate of teenage pregnancies, the lack of adequate sexual and reproductive health services, and the high maternal mortality rate in rural areas. It also recommended establishing a domestic protocol for the performance of therapeutic abortions. CEDAW recommended that Peru review its restrictive interpretation of therapeutic abortion and ensure that the Convention provisions on reproductive rights are observed in all health-care facilities. [Para 66]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    Outcome Report

    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    • Rights of same-sex desiring persons
    • Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
    • Transgender persons' rights
    Type:
    Comment
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos welcomed the accepted recommendations with regards to the sexual and reproductive rights of LGBT people and recognized the efforts made by Peru to include them for the first time in public policies and to punish violence against them. However, it regretted that the new National Plan for Human Rights did not even include the judicial protection of non-heterosexual couples or the gender identities of trans people. Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos was preoccupied by the context in which the commitments of the State of Peru would be implemented as the legislative power was the principal opponent to gender equality, sexual and reproductive rights and equality for LGBT people.
    Explanation
    Peru reiterated its commitment to continue working in order to advance in this subject. Peru stated that the country had accepted about six recommendations regarding sexual and reproductive rights.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Birth registration
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    JS7 recommended ... simplification of the procedure for the rectification of errors contained in birth certificates. [Para 39]
  • 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:
    • Forced sterilization
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    In the framework of the process of the fight against impunity, effectively investigate the cases of forced sterilization that occurred in the context of the Reproductive Health and Family Planning Program 1996-2000 and establish a program to provide compensation to victims.
    Explanation
    En relación con la recomendación 111.97, la implementación se enmarcará, por un lado, respecto de la acción estratégica de la “Mesa Temática para los Derechos de las Mujeres” del Lineamiento Estratégico N° 3 del PNDH que señala la conformación de una “mesa de trabajo con representantes del Estado y la sociedad civil para analizar y resolver la problemática de las personas víctimas de esterilizaciones forzadas producidas entre los años 1995 a 2001.” Cabe señalar que el 6 de noviembre de 2015 se declaró de interés nacional con carácter prioritario las acciones de promoción del acceso a la justicia, a través de los servicios de asistencia legal gratuita, el acompañamiento psicológico y la atención de salud integral a las víctimas de esterilizaciones forzadas producidas entre 1995-2001 (Decreto Supremo N° 006-2015-JUS).
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    Brazil

    Brazil
    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:
    Incorporate within the Public Prosecution Service’s criminality observatory and in the statistical yearbook of the national police detailed data on acts of violence and discrimination against LGBTI persons.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    Canada

    Canada
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    OAS
    OIF
    Commonwealth
    Issue:
    • Sexuality education
    • Family planning
    • Contraception
    • Abortion
    • Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
    • Sexual violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Adopt public policies to increase access to family planning and emergency contraception, comprehensive sexuality education and to decriminalize abortion in the cases of rape, incest, non-viability of the foetus and endangerment to the mother’s health.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    Guatemala

    Guatemala
    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:
    Provide an adequate budget for emergency centers for women victims of violence so they can carry out their mandate.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    Japan

    Japan
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Take on board the continued concerns of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies in regard to femicide and other forms of violence against women, and take further measures to eradicate such violence, including those to prevent incidents from arising, as well as investigation and punishment of offenders.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    National Report

    Issue:
    • Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
    • HIV and AIDS
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    The indigenous aspect of a project to strengthen the response to HIV among key
    groups of vulnerable city and jungle-dwellers in Peru was developed against that backdrop.
    Its main components are training on intercultural issues for the members of community
    intercultural dialogue teams and the mobile Amazonian squads doing fieldwork in priority
    areas of Loreto Department. In addition, there is constant coordination with organizations
    of indigenous people and local stakeholders. [Para 71]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

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

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice recognized the efforts made by Peru to strengthen its legal and policy frameworks on the promotion and protection of women’s rights and on achieving gender equality. [Para 81]
  • 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:
    The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice noted that patriarchal patterns of behaviour, attitudes, expectations and practices denigrating girls and women remained widespread. [Para 83]
  • 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:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
    • Transgender persons' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    JS9 noted that the national guidelines for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care and the National Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy focused on heterosexual women. The Runa Institute pointed out that health-care protocols did not take account of transgender persons. [Para 65]
  • 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:

    India

    India
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    Commonwealth
    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    • Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Consider further legislative and policy measures and their effective implementation for realization of gender equality and combatting gender-based violence, including by ensuring pay parity and equal access to safe reproductive health services.
    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.