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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Collyns in Lima

Peru violated rights of 13-year-old girl repeatedly raped by father, UN rules

Women holding green flags and posters at a demonstration in a city street
A rally in Lima calling for legal abortion; the poster accuses the church of violence by blocking abortion. The incest victim was convicted of self-abortion after miscarrying. Photograph: EPA-EFE

Peru violated the rights of a 13-year-old girl who had been repeatedly raped by her father by denying her an abortion after she became pregnant, the UN has ruled.

The United Nations child rights committee found this week that the Peruvian authorities had violated the rights to health and life of the girl, known by the pseudonym Camila, by failing to provide her with information and access to legal and safe abortion.

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