Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 6. Civilians’ Loss of Protection from Attack
Section B. Presence of combatants among the civilian population
In 2006, in the Lucanmarca case, the Second Provisional Criminal Chamber of Peru’s Supreme Court of Justice stated:
In no case during an armed conflict may a civilian population be considered to be a military objective, even if it is composed of ordinary persons, State officials, members of the armed forces not participating in military operations and other protected persons.
In no case during an armed conflict may a civilian population be considered to be a military objective, even if it is composed of ordinary persons, State officials, members of the armed forces not participating in military operations and other protected persons.