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In 1993 the Peruvian Constitution was reformed and the International Labour Organisation Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples was ratified by the Peruvian government. A similar process of constitutional reform had occurred in Colombia in 1991, and subsequently took place in Peru in 1993, Bolivia in 1994, Ecuador in 1998 and Venezuela in 1999.1 This meant that for the first time in the history of the Peruvian republic, the multicultural nature of the nation was formally recognised in the constitution, as was indigenous customary law and a special jurisdiction for its exercise by campesinos and native peoples. With this change, the nineteenth century constitutional ideal of a culturally homogeneous nation-state was abandoned. At the same time, the new Magna Carta parted company with the Kelsenian model of legal monism based on the correspondence between state and law.2 With the recognition of a multicultural identity and of legal pluralism, the new constitution represented the first step towards the construction of a multicultural state in Peru. However, a preliminary assessment of the seven years since the reform reveals an unsatisfactory record in the implementation of the pluralist principles enunciated in the constitution, particularly in terms of the special jurisdiction for campesinos and native peoples.
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Fajardo, R.Y. (2002). Peru: Pluralist Constitution, Monist Judiciary — A Post-Reform Assessment. In: Sieder, R. (eds) Multiculturalism in Latin America. Institute of Latin American Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403937827_7
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