More than two years have passed since the Public Hearing was held in the Constitutional Court in the case of Óscar Ugarteche , who denounced that the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reniec) refused to register his marriage with the Mexican Fidel Aroche.

According to statements to La República by the plaintiff's lawyer, Javier Mujica Petit, " Reniec denied the registration arguing that the Peruvian Civil Code defines marriage as the free union between a man and a woman." Despite this demand, the TC has not yet issued a ruling on the union made in Mexico.

Given this, a group of teachers and lawyers issued a pronouncement so that the Court can issue a ruling. “On this occasion, we have decided to communicate with you by this means, in relation to the referral process, to express our deep concern over the fact that, more than two (2) years after the public hearing of the case (held on June 20, 2018), the plenary session of the Constitutional Court has not yet issued the corresponding ruling ”, indicates part of the statement addressed to Marianella Ledesma, president of the TC.

In addition, it adds that "there are binding standards for the Peruvian State regarding the recognition of partnerships between people of the same sex." Not only that. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I / A Court HR) states that “the family bond that can derive from a relationship between a same-sex couple and that all economic rights that derive from this bond must be protected, without any discrimination with respect to couples between heterosexual people. "

The latter according to articles 11.2 and 17 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). On the other hand, they highlight that "the plaintiffs (Óscar Ugarteche and the Mexican Fidel Aroche ) have been enduring all these years being married only in one country (Mexico) and not being recognized in the Peruvian territory."

Finally, they indicate that this situation is experienced by hundreds of Peruvians who seek this recognition and that "it degrades the quality of human rights protection that Peru intends to give its citizens." Read more via LaRepublica