The pardon and right of grace granted to Alberto Fujimori in December 2017 were widely questioned for ethical, political and legal reasons. In the field of Law, the decision was widely claimed as arbitrary and contrary to constitutional and legal  norms. This article focuses on International Human Rights Law and assesses how the presidential grace granted contradicts norms from this field of International Law. The authors discuss the inadmissibility of presidential graces in cases of serious human rights violations, the incompatibility of the measure with the rights of the relatives of the victims, the nonobservance of due process, and the lack of necessity and proportionality in the decision.

The pardon and right of grace granted to Alberto Fujimori in December 2017 were widely questioned for ethical, political and legal reasons. In the field of Law, the decision was widely claimed as arbitrary and contrary to constitutional and legal  norms. This article focuses on International Human Rights Law and assesses how the presidential grace granted contradicts norms from this field of International Law. The authors discuss the inadmissibility of presidential graces in cases of serious human rights violations, the incompatibility of the measure with the rights of the relatives of the victims, the nonobservance of due process, and the lack of necessity and proportionality in the decision.

The pardon and right of grace granted to Alberto Fujimori in December 2017 were widely questioned for ethical, political and legal reasons. In the field of Law, the decision was widely claimed as arbitrary and contrary to constitutional and legal  norms. This article focuses on International Human Rights Law and assesses how the presidential grace granted contradicts norms from this field of International Law. The authors discuss the inadmissibility of presidential graces in cases of serious human rights violations, the incompatibility of the measure with the rights of the relatives of the victims, the nonobservance of due process, and the lack of necessity and proportionality in the decision.

En la última década, el Plan Nacional para las Personas Adultas Mayores ha sido el principal instrumento de política para la población adulta mayor; su objetivo es “mejorar su calidad de vida mediante la satisfacción integral de sus necesidades, su participación activa, la promoción de sus derechos, e intervenciones articuladas” El PLANPAM 2013-2017 ha identificado varias situaciones problemáticas que viven las personas adultas mayores en el Perú, las cuales incluyen la falta de acceso a los servicios de salud, a la educación y a los servicios de pensión, así como los bajos niveles de participación social y la violencia y la discriminación por motivos de edad. A eso se suma la necesidad de fortalecer las capacidades en los tres niveles de gobierno con relación a normas e implementación de las obligaciones internacionales en materia de derechos humanos de las personas ...