Norma relacionada
Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 134. Women
Section A. General
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states:
Women must be treated with all the regard due to their sex and in all cases benefit by treatment as favourable as that granted to men. This means that due attention must be given to their physical resistance, the need to protect their honour and intimacy and special requirements relating to biological factors, such as menstruation and pregnancy.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial Nº 1394-2004-DE/CCFFAA/CDIH-FFAA, Lima, 1 December 2004, § 39.j.
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010), in a section on prisoners of war, states:
Women must be treated with all the regard due to their sex and in all cases benefit by treatment as favourable as that granted to men. This means that due attention must be given to their physical resistance, the need to protect their honour and intimacy and special requirements relating to biological factors, such as menstruation and pregnancy.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, § 41(j), p. 256; see also § 37(c), p. 254.
