India, Nov. 4 -- Amnesty International condemned a decision by Peru’s Public Prosecutor’s Office to close an investigation into the forced sterilisation of 4,172 Peruvian women during the 1990s, saying the closure was taken pursuant to Law 32107, passed in 2024. Amnesty International said the law allows statutes of limitations to be applied to war crimes and crimes against humanity committed before 1 July 2002.
Decision and legal basis
Amnesty International said the Public Prosecutor’s Office closed the investigation pursuant to Law 32107.
The document describes Law 32107 as allowing the following:
* Statutes of limitations to be applied to war crimes committed before 1 July 2002
* Statutes of limitations to be applied to crimes against...