Peru: Information on whether policemen can resign, and on the penalties for desertion or abandoning their post
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PER18763.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Peru: Information on whether policemen can resign, and on the penalties for desertion or abandoning their post, 1 October 1994, PER18763.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac7968.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Information further to Response to Information Request PER13707 of 26 March 1993, which discusses penalties for desertion and the possibility of resignation for policemen, could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB. A researcher at the Andean Commission of Jurists in Lima explained that a bill (proyecto de ley) governing the police forces of Peru is currently being reviewed by a congressional commission (18 Oct. 1994). The proposed law may not be approved soon, since the bill must be returned to Congress for further discussion once the commission has finished its review (ibid.).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Andean Commission of Jurists, Lima. 18 October 1994. Telephone interview with researcher.