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Several UN agencies on Tuesday asked the Peruvian state to reconsider the decision to refuse therapeutic abortion for an 11-year-old girl pregnant as a result of rape, in
Several UN agencies on Tuesday asked the Peruvian state to reconsider the decision to refuse therapeutic abortion for an 11-year-old girl pregnant as a result of rape, in the Amazonian department of Loreto, and expressed their “concern” in a statement about what they consider a new case of violation of the rights of a minor.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), UN Women, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Fund for children (UNICEF). ) expressed “deep concern” about the case of this minor, known by the pseudonym Mila, who was sexually abused by her stepfather since she was seven and that she is currently 17 weeks pregnant.
In that statement, they called on the Peruvian authorities to reconsider their decision to deny her access to a therapeutic abortion and to guarantee Mila and all pregnant girls and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence this right, “with safe and age-appropriate proceduresand within the 22 weeks of pregnancy established by the protocol of this medical procedure.
The Department of Special Protection of the Loreto Region of the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Groups (MIMP) requested the access of a minor to a therapeutic abortion procedure from a regional hospital in this jurisdiction, but the request was denied by the medical board.
UN agencies have informed authorities and public opinion that “forced motherhood resulting from the rape of girls and adolescents It’s not voluntary, it’s not safe, and it threatens holistic health.”
And recalled that in a similar case of denial of access to therapeutic abortion during pregnancy due to sexual assault, known as the “Camila” affairThe United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CDN) determined last June that Peru violated the right to health and life of a 13-year-old indigenous and rural girl who was raped by failing to provide her with information and access to a legal and safe abortion.
The Committee noted that “in the case of pregnant girls special and differentiated affectivity must be assessed physical and mental health that childhood pregnancy entails.”
In addition, he emphasized that pregnancy was a particularly serious risk to the lives of girls and potentially serious impact on their development and life project.
Only in the period from January to February of this year it was reported 8,381 cases of violence against children and adolescents. According to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, of this number, 33% were victims of sexual violence, and 70% of the victims were girls and adolescent girls.
The Human Rights Committee and the Committee Against Torture have been calling on the Peruvian State since 2005 take steps to ensure access to effective remedies in these cases and prevent the recurrence of situations of violation of the rights of girls and adolescents, such as Camila and Mila, as they constitute gender-based violence and constitute an act of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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