Related Rule
Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 2. Violence Aimed at Spreading Terror among the Civilian Population
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states: “Acts or threats of violence, the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population, are prohibited.”
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial Nº 1394-2004-DE/CCFFAA/CDIH-FFAA, Lima, 1 December 2004, § 27.d.(4); see also § 172.a.
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010), under the heading “Principles for the conduct of operations in international armed conflict applying international humanitarian law”, states: “Acts or threats of violence whose main purpose is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.”
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, § 28(d)(4), p. 238.
The manual further states: “Air bombardment in order to spread terror among the civilian population … is prohibited.”
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, § 163(a), p. 343.
