New headache for Dina Boluarte’s government. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) today issued a significant call for attention to the Peruvian State for carrying out the release of former dictator Alberto Fujimori two weeks ago, even after his own suggestions.
The IACHR has formally declared Peru in contempt for the imposition of the “pardon (to Fujimori) for humanitarian reasons despite the fact that the Court had ordered that it should refrain from implementing it because it did not observe the standards of international law that should be taken into account.” account when carrying out a jurisdictional control of said pardon,” he explained in a statement made today, Thursday.
The representative; His Prime Minister, Alberto Otárola, and the Minister of Justice, Eduardo Arana, weighed for several hours the previous order of the Constitutional Court, which forced the immediate release of the 85-year-old former president, who remained imprisoned in the Lima Penitentiary of Barbadillo in compliance with a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity. The sentence of 25 years in prison (he has served 16) was reached for a series of crimes, including massacres, kidnappings, corruption and usurpation of functions.
In Boluarte’s balance, the international claim weighed on one side and, on the other, the parliamentary support of the Fujimori group in Congress, fundamental for its stability.
Finally Fujimori was released amid great national and international controversy. The date of his release also coincided with the first anniversary of the failed coup d’état led by Pedro Castillo.
The IACHR has imposed a deadline, which ends on March 4 of next year, for the State to report on “compliance with the obligation to investigate, prosecute and, if applicable, punish the serious violations of human rights determined.” in the sentences of the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases,” the statement adds.
“The IACHR strongly affirms that Peru violated its resolutions by releasing former President Fujimori. The country must choose whether to join Nicaragua and Venezuela and reject the inter-American human rights system or comply with its international obligations,” warned Juanita Goebertus, director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch (HRW).
