Background

Alberto Fujimori was President of Peru from 1990 to 2000. He had been in Japan since abandoning his post in November 2000. On November 7, 2005 upon his arrival in Chile, he was detained on the request of the Peruvian authorities, who requested his extradition on charges of corruption and grave human rights violations, including killings, forced disappearances and torture.

Amnesty International considers that the widespread and systematic nature of the human rights violations that were committed under his government constitute crimes against humanity under international law.

All states, including Chile, should exercise their jurisdiction to prosecute and punish crimes against humanity and cooperate in the detection, arrest, extradition and punishment of persons implicated in these crimes, regardless of their nationality and of where the crimes were committed.

Amnesty International considers that the Chilean authorities must either honour the extradition request from Peru, or exercise their duty to investigate and prosecute Alberto Fujimori in Chile.