Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 124. ICRC Access to Persons Deprived of Their Liberty
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states with regard to substitutes for Protecting Powers: “The International Committee of the Red Cross can carry out the humanitarian activities assigned to it under international humanitarian law with the consent of the parties to the conflict.”
The manual also states: “The [1949] Third Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War contains detailed provisions on … the right to communicate with the Protecting Power and the right of the Protecting Power or the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit any place where prisoners of war are being held.”
The manual further states: “The following medical personnel can provide medical services to prisoners of war and civilian internees: … medical personnel of the ICRC.”
In the context of a non-international armed conflict, the manual states: “An impartial humanitarian body, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, may offer its services to the parties to the conflict.”
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) states with regard to substitutes for Protecting Powers: “The International Committee of the Red Cross can carry out the humanitarian activities assigned to it under international humanitarian law with the consent of the parties to the conflict.”
The manual also states: “The [1949] Third Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War contains detailed provisions on … the right to communicate with the Protecting Power and the right of the Protecting Power or the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit any place where prisoners of war are being held.”
The manual further states: “The following medical personnel can provide medical services to prisoners of war and civilian internees: … medical personnel of the ICRC.”
In the context of a non-international armed conflict, the manual states: “An impartial humanitarian body, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, may offer its services to the parties to the conflict.”
In 2006, during the consideration of the fourth periodic report of Peru before the Committee against Torture, a representative of Peru stated that the Peruvian “Government … [allows] systematic visits by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to places of detention, including those where persons convicted of terrorist offences … [are] held.”