Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 131. Treatment of Displaced Persons
Section B. Security of displaced persons
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states: “[Commanders] must give specific orders and/or instructions for the implementation of measures to protect refugees and displaced persons.”
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) states: “[Commanders] must give specific orders and/or instructions for the implementation of measures to protect refugees and displaced persons.”
Peru’s Regulations to the Law on Internal Displacement (2005) states:
Internally displaced persons who return to their places of habitual residence or who have resettled in another part of the country have a right to:
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h) Be protected against all forms of combat that may put internally displaced persons at risk, including armed attacks on camps and other settlements. The following are prohibited: starvation as a method of combat and the use of internally displaced persons or their property for the purpose of protecting military objectives, attacks on their camps or settlements and the use of anti-personnel landmines.