08:58 | Washington D.C. (U.S.), Jan. 19.
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) reiterated that the way out of the crisis that Peru is experiencing requires a broad dialogue that includes different political actors, civil society, social movements, business associations, and other organizations so that all voices can be heard.
"The way out of this crisis must necessarily involve a broad dialogue, agreements, as well as respect for the rule of law. For this reason, a call for dialogue is made to include different political actors, such as civil society, social movements, business companies, and other organizations, so that all voices are heard, including regional authorities," he said.
Likewise, the commissioner emphasized that dialogue must be conducted based on an intercultural approach in order to try to establish an agreement within the framework of the rule of law and to help "de-escalate violence."
"A solution to the crisis unfolding in the country is envisaged only by this means," he affirmed.
Investigation
Commissioner Stuardo Ralon pointed out that violence in Peru has generated a record of 47 deaths, including 7 teenagers, in addition to 650 injured people, who include law enforcement officers.
In this regard, he underscored that the IACHR condemns all types of violence and that the organization has received complaints from the victims' relatives and about damage to public property.
The commissioner stressed that, in order to handle these complaints, ballistic investigations will be essential for establishing what type of weapons caused the shots against people, since the autopsies performed by the Legal Medicine Directorate show shots to the head or chest of the firearm victims.
In this context, Ralon emphasized that investigations must be serious, impartial, and rapid so as to determine what happened.
"Above all, I repeat that these ballistic tests and the custody of the projectiles that will be extracted from the victims' bodies should be conducted according to appropriate protocols," he added.
The mission was led by the First Vice-President and Rapporteur for Peru of the IACHR, Commissioner Stuardo Ralon.
In addition, it was made up of Commissioner Joel Hernandez; Assistant Executive Secretary for the Monitoring, Promotion and Technical Cooperation Maria Claudia Pulido; Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression Pedro Vaca; and the technical team of the IACHR's Executive Secretariat.
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Publicado: 18/1/2023