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4. STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
IN NATIONAL LAW
Article 55 of the Constitution establishes: ?The treaties entered
into by the State and that are in force are part of national law.?
Therefore, the provisions related to the press that are part
of the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization
of American States, approved by the State, constitute laws of the
Republic and are of mandatory compliance.
In addition, with reference to international jurisdiction,
Article 205 of the Constitution establishes: ?Once internal legal
recourse has been depleted, anyone who considers he has been harmed
in his constitutional rights may petition the international tribunals
or organizations, in accordance with treaties and agreements of
which Peru is a part.?
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