Overview
- The court rejected challenges from the Lima Bar Association and the Public Prosecutor’s Office seeking to overturn Law No. 32107.
- Four justices—Luz Pacheco, Francisco Morales, César Ochoa, and Pedro Hernández—voted to uphold the law with interpretive criteria, while Helder Domínguez, Gustavo Gutiérrez, and Manuel Monteagudo favored striking it down.
- Law No. 32107 confines crimes against humanity and war crimes to acts committed on or after July 1, 2002, and directs pre-2002 conduct to the 1991 Penal Code, including its statutes of limitations.
- The court urged Congress to amend the Penal Code to add the required “context element” that proves crimes occurred as part of a systematic or widespread attack on civilians.
- Acting congressional president Fernando Rospigliosi celebrated the ruling on X, asserting that military and police prosecuted for 1980s–90s cases should be freed and proceedings annulled.