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Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 67. Inviolability of Parlementaires
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) includes “parlementaires” amongst those listed in its definition of the term “Protected Persons”.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial Nº 1394-2004-DE/CCFFAA/CDIH-FFAA, Lima, 1 December 2004, Chapter 9, Glossary of Terms.
The manual also defines the terms “cartel aircraft” and “cartel ship”:
Cartel aircraft: An aircraft used by a parlementaire sent to parley with the enemy. A cartel aircraft enjoys the same conditional immunity as the parlementaire.
Cartel ship: A ship used by a parlementaire on a mission to the enemy. The cartel ship has the same immunity as the parlementaire. It may also be used to transport prisoners of war and wounded to be exchanged with those of the enemy. The ship must bear the appropriate distinctive sign and its route must be known. It may not be armed and may not be attacked or captured during the outward or return voyage.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial Nº 1394-2004-DE/CCFFAA/CDIH-FFAA, Lima, 1 December 2004, Chapter 9, Glossary of Terms.
The manual further states:
The following classes of enemy vessels are exempt from attack:
…
(3) vessels granted safe conduct by agreement between the belligerent parties including:
(a) cartel vessels, e.g. vessels designated for and engaged in the transport of prisoners of war.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial Nº 1394-2004-DE/CCFFAA/CDIH-FFAA, Lima, 1 December 2004, § 129.a.(3).(a).
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) includes “parlementaires” amongst those listed in its definition of the term “Protected Persons”.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, p. 411.
In its Glossary of Terms, the manual also states: “Immunity. Principle of the law of armed conflict that confers special protection on the parlementaire”.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, pp. 392 and 396.
Also in its Glossary of Terms, the manual provides the following definitions for “cartel aircraft” and “cartel ship”:
Cartel aircraft: An aircraft used by a parlementaire sent to parley with the enemy. A cartel aircraft enjoys the same conditional immunity as the parlementaire.
…
Cartel ship: A ship used by a parlementaire on a mission to the enemy. The cartel ship has the same immunity as the parlementaire. It may also be used to transport prisoners of war and wounded to be exchanged with those of the enemy. The ship must bear the appropriate distinctive sign and its route must be known. It may not be armed and may not be attacked or captured during the outward or return voyage.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, p. 407.
The manual further states:
The following classes of enemy vessels may not be attacked:
…
(3) vessels granted safe conduct by agreement between the belligerent parties including:
(a) cartel vessels, e.g. vessels designated for and engaged in the transport of prisoners of war.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, § 120(3)(a), p. 310.
Peru’s Code of Military Justice (1980) provides that it is a punishable offence for a soldier “to offend a parlementaire in words or in deeds” in time of war.
Peru, Code of Military Justice, 1980, Article 95(7).
