Abstract

SAR SUAREZ, Omar. Derecho a la integridad personal en el Perú: Aspectos constitutivos y limitaciones. El caso de las personas privadas de libertad. Cuest. Const. [online]. 2008, n.19, pp.211-282. ISSN 1405-9193.

In Peru, the right to integrity encompasses a person's physical, spiritual and psychological aspects. This right is of the very highest importance as it is the indispensable foundation for the right to life and a potential risk of affecting it is sufficient to curtail other rights. No restriction on integrity is admissible as no one can be the object of moral, psychological or physical violence or tortured and this right is enshrined in both civil and criminal law at domestic level and also in international treaties on human rights. Prisoners have certain of their rights limited but there are no restrictions on the right to integrity; tours of inspection may be carried out but they must respect this right and the intimacy of the person, while prisoners may be transferred as long as the weather conditions do not affect their health.

Keywords : human rights; right to integrity; torture; prison inspections; prisoner transfers.