Peru: Death Penalty: Proposed extension of death penalty laws

Index Number: AMR 46/024/2006
Date Published: 20 September 2006
Categories: Americas, Peru

Peru's Congress is considering three pieces of legislation which would broaden the scope of the death penalty. One draft bill also suggests the withdrawal of Peru from the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), which prohibits the extension of its state parties' death penalty laws.