CAT/OP/PER/1/Add.1
117. According to the information provided by the judiciary, the Youth Assessment
and Rehabilitation Centre in Lima has adequate infrastructure and the intensive
intervention sector complies with sanitary conditions. 92
118. The Trujillo juvenile detention centre does not have an intensive intervention
sector since it has a holding capacity of 50 persons and is currently overcrowded. It
therefore chooses to transfer adolescents to other juvenile detention centres . 93
119. The Human Rights Handbook for Police Officers states that when a minor is
arrested, his or her parents or guardian must be immediately notified; the
circumstances and the place of detention shall be communicated as soon as possible
to the competent prosecutor and judge. 94
120. In addition, the above-mentioned Handbook provides that every child deprived
of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the
human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his
or her age. To that end, children must be segregated from adults and have the right
to maintain contact with their family. 95
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121. In paragraph 102 of its report, the Subcommittee recommends, inter alia, that
clear criteria be established in the centres’ internal regulations as to what kind of
disciplinary measures should be imposed on adolescents who have committed an
offence.
122. In this regard, the judiciary approved the Handbook of Procedural Rules for
the Execution of Socio-educative Measures for the Social Reintegration of
Adolescents in Conflict with the Law in Open Juvenile Detention Centres,96 through
Administrative Decision No. 072-2015-CE-PJ (13 March 2015).
123. The above-mentioned rules are intended to define the criteria for implementing
the differential treatment model for adolescents in conflict with the law in open
juvenile detention centres, and thus to establish a modern juvenile criminal justice
system that is in accordance with reality, good practices and international standards
and that guarantees the fundamental rights of adolescents subject to socioeducational measures in open juvenile detention centres.
124. Furthermore, Administrative Decision No. 040-2013-GG-PJ approves the
Regulations on the Rights, Obligations and Punishment of Adolescents in Conflict
with the Law in Closed Juvenile Detention Centres of the Judiciary. 97
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Judiciary, Official Letter No. 12-2017-DDHH-PJ of 17 April 2017, p. 2.
Ibid.
Ministry of the Interior, General Directorate for Democratic Security, Official Letter No. 0015772015/IN/DGSD, p. 3.
Ministry of the Interior, General Directorate for Democratic Security, Official Letter
No. 001577-2015/IN/DGSD, p. 3.Cf. Human Rights Handbook for Police Officers, p. 53.
Judiciary, Administrative Decision No. 072-2015-CE-PJ of 13 March 2016 approving the
Handbook of Procedural Rules for the Execution of Socio-educative Measures for the Social
Reintegration of Adolescents in Conflict with the Law in Open Juvenile Detention Centres .
There are additional rules, including:
Administrative Decision No. 546-2013-GG-PJ approving the Operational Guide to Preparing the
Management Report on National Open Juvenile Detention Centres.
Administrative Decision No. 318-2013-GG-PJ approving Directive No. 007-2013-GG-PJ on rules
governing the organization and operation of the parenting classes programme in national open
juvenile detention centres.
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Administrative Decision No. 608-2013-GG-PJ approving Directive No. 002-2013-GCJ-GG/PJ on
organizing the matrix file of adolescents in conflict with the law in national open juvenile
detention centres.
Judiciary, General management, Administrative Decision No. 040-2013-GG-PJ approving the
Regulations on the Rights, Obligations and Punishment of Adolescents in Conflict with the Law
in Closed Juvenile Detention Centres of the Judiciary of 22 January 2013. Available from
19/27
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