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At the time of the visit, the prison in Chorrillos (maximum capacity 300 persons)
had 929 women prisoners, 135 of whom were foreign. The prison in Callao (maximum
capacity 570 persons) had around 1,400 inmates, of whom 261 were foreign. This centre had
been declared to be in a state of emergency over two months earlier and since then there had
been no new admissions.
26
Article 137 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
27
Ratified by Peru on 17 February 1978.
28
See section IX (“Rights of groups object of special protection”), Subsection E (“Rights of
migrants and their families”), signed during the Andean Presidential Council held in Guayaquil,
Ecuador, on 26 July 2002. The programme of work for the dissemination and implementation
of the Andean Charter was adopted in 2004. In a final provision, the Charter envisages the
possibility that it will become binding at some time in the future as the result of a decision by the
Andean Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
29
The decisions of the bodies of the Cartagena Agreement (Council and Commission) are
binding.
30
With regard to the actions set out in article 7 of Decision No. 548.
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