Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 134. Women
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states:
Women must be treated with all the regard due to their sex and in all cases benefit by treatment as favourable as that granted to men. This means that due attention must be given to their physical resistance, the need to protect their honour and intimacy and special requirements relating to biological factors, such as menstruation and pregnancy.
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010), in a section on prisoners of war, states:
Women must be treated with all the regard due to their sex and in all cases benefit by treatment as favourable as that granted to men. This means that due attention must be given to their physical resistance, the need to protect their honour and intimacy and special requirements relating to biological factors, such as menstruation and pregnancy.
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states: “Special attention should be given to certain categories of people, on account of their age or condition, such as … pregnant women.”
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) states: “Special attention should be given to certain categories of people, on account of their age or condition, such as … pregnant women”.
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states: “Every effort should be made to avoid the pronouncement of the death penalty on pregnant women or mothers having dependent infants for an offence related to the armed conflict.”
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) states: “Every effort should be made to avoid the pronouncement of the death penalty on pregnant women or mothers having dependent infants for an offence related to the armed conflict.”