The Executive Branch has approved,
through a supreme decree, the intersectoral protocol for State participation in the systems of international protection of human rights.
Published in
El Peruano official gazette, the decree establishes that public entities participating in this protocol shall identify the agencies or directorates responsible for its implementation "and adopt the necessary measures for its execution, within the scope of their respective competencies."
It also states that the implementation, compliance, supervision and monitoring of its execution is responsibility of the
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, through the General Directorate of Human Rights.
The document provides that public entities shall inform the General Directorate of Human Rights of the designations of the focal points of institutional and technical responsibility —needed to implement the protocol— within a time limit of 10 working days after the publication of the abovementioned decree.
Moreover, it indicates that the actions and interventions needed to implement this protocol will be financed from the budgets of the entities involved —in accordance with the laws governing the matter— without demanding additional resources from the Public Treasury.
Protocol
The preamble to the decree states that the effective and timely compliance with international human rights obligations requires a management instrument that can develop a national mechanism to promote coordination and articulation of State entities, so as to foster the implementation of Peruvian State's international obligations regarding human rights.
This will help standardize and simplify the inter-institutional coordination processes at the national, regional and local government levels. In addition, it will strengthen the data collection mechanisms to provide statistical information on the progress made towards the human rights perspective and will facilitate forms of partnership with civil society.
Furthermore, it will facilitate the processes of preparing reports, encourage the development of constructive dialogue skills and promote the follow-up of the recommendations suggested by the systems of international promotion and protection of human rights, with the aim of strengthening the national policies in this field.
(END) JCC/CVC/RMB/MVB
Published: 8/21/2020