Peru-28th Session November 2017-Forced sterilization

State under Review
Stakeholder Summary
Para 33) AMPAEF and AI reported that the criminal proceedings relating to the cases of forced sterilization, and the implementation of the reparations programme, had finally begun in 2021, after a 25-year wait.
UN Compilation
Para 26) [CEDAW] noted with concern reports of forced sterilization of women and girls, particularly those with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. The Committee against Torture welcomed the filing of a criminal complaint by the Public Prosecution Service on 12 November 2018 against doctors and senior officials for their indirect involvement in the forced sterilization of more than 2,000 women.