#HateCrimes2017 Peru: main violence against LGBTIQ+, from the State
By Esteban Marchand, from Lima. In Peru, there are no official statistics on hate crimes against LGBTIQ+ people. What exists are partial records, compiled through the initiative of LGBTQ+ groups. This year in Peru, the main violence against LGBTIQ+ people has been perpetrated by state institutions. The group…
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By Esteban Marchand, from Lima
In Peru, there are no official statistics on hate crimes against LGBTIQ+ people. What exists are partial records, compiled through the initiative of LGBTQ+ groups.
This year in Peru, the main violence against LGBTIQ+ people has been perpetrated by state institutions. The Fujimori faction, which held the majority in Congress, was instrumental in eliminating Decree 1323, which established criminal penalties for hate crimes and discrimination against LGBTI people.
[READ MORE: Peru: Congress approved the repeal of Decree Law 1323 that protected the LGBTI population]
Furthermore, as in many places in Latin America, an anti-rights group called "Don't Mess With My Children" emerged. This group occupied hundreds of pedestrian bridges in Peru to spread its message against the gender perspective in the national curriculum. Ultimately, it persisted.
[READ MORE: #Peru: The ideology of hate against the LGBTQ community]
The 2017 data
Among the organizations that record crimes against the LGBT population are Promsex and the LGBT and HIV/AIDS Human Rights Observatory. Each of these organizations keeps its own records, which are published the following year. Therefore, data on hate crimes committed in the country in 2017 will be released in 2018.
The LACTRANS Network has published a registry of violence against the trans population. It covers the period from January to November 2017 and is the first report from CeDoSTALC (Center for Documentation and Trans Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean) to be published in the country. Another unique aspect of this report is that, for the first time, a registry of violence against trans people is being compiled by trans people.
Violence against trans people
According to the Lactrans Network report, 91 cases of human rights violations against transgender women were documented in Peru during 2017.This list includes direct violations and violations linked to structural violence: those violations that prevent and hinder the satisfaction of basic human needs.
The report indicates that in2017 there were 18 homicides of trans people and two cases of fatal violations of the right to health.
The violence, it is estimated, is actually much more widespread. Often, the trans population does not report or alert the authorities or other groups (which do not include trans people) due to shame or the mistreatment they might face.
The report has not yet detailed all cases and will do so in the coming months. But it is positive that a registry is being created by the trans community for trans women.
[READ MORE: This is how Peru's first Trans House works]
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