CAL denounces intimidation by the government after meeting with members of the IACHR Ministry of Justice | Raul Canelo | Congress Prosecution | | PERU

Through a statement, Lima Bar Association (CAL) denounced that the Government of In Boluarte i would have tried “prepare and scare” to the members of the Governing Board of the said institution after holding a virtual meeting with the members of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on December 26, 2024.

During this meeting, the members of the SSC questioned the adoption of unconstitutional norms that are not respected by the Executive Branch, such as the law that modifies the definition of organized crime, which ended up benefiting some defendants. in emblematic cases, such as the network of Rodolfo Orellana, Port’s white collarsamong others.

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In addition, they expressed their concern about draft laws aimed at withdrawing Peru from the IACHR, a norm that compromises the autonomy of Public Ministry allowing raids without judicial or prosecutorial authorization and proposals to treat teenagers as adults in the criminal system, also questioned by UNICEF.

Faced with this, the text warns that the director of Human Rights Ministry of Justice, Sara Farfan Cubaaccused CAL members of meeting with the IACHR without authorization from the general assembly. The official reported them to the Ethics Council of the institution in question.

“This attitude ignores the internal rules of CAL and its Statute, article 25 of which clearly defines that the Dean personifies CAL, represents it and is responsible for institutional progress.”said the statement.

CAL described it as alarming that Minjus leadership violates the basic principles of the Constitution such as freedom of expression, the right to propagate opinion and the constitutional, legal and statutory powers of professional associations.

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“We regret that President Dina Boluarte, lawyer, member and former director of CAL, ignores the statutory norms and engages, through the bodies of the Executive Branch, to devour and violate the dignity of colleagues who exercise their constitutional right to freedom of thought and thought. expression in front of what is happening in the countrythe text ends.

CAL will report this “threat” to the IACHR

In dialogue with RPP, the dean of CAL, Raul Canelodenounced that the Minjus official who accused them acts on behalf of the Executive.

“We all have the right to our opinion, dean or not. We have the right to freedom of expression, freedom of thought and the right to meet with anyone I consider important. It’s an attitude, from my point of view, intolerant, undemocratic, but it doesn’t bother me because they don’t seem to like criticism, and it’s a serious, technical criticism, we’ve done it before the IAACHR as the case may be.”he asked.

In this sense, he denied that he or the other members of his institution need authorization from the assemblymen to participate in the meeting or to express their opinion on various topics.

“The worst thing is that the president of the Republic was a member of the board of directors, she knows the CAL statute very well. It doesn’t make sense, they won’t scare us.”he emphasized, after clarifying that he will give an account for this “threat” of the Government before the KPMSHP.

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