86 a. Furnishing documents and information on individuals and property, facilities, public and private buildings, and any other information which specifically contributes to or facilitates the activities of terrorist elements or groups. b. Assigning or using any type of accommodation or other means which could be used to hide individuals or serve as a warehouse for weapons, explosives, propaganda, supplies, medicines, and other belongings related to terrorist groups or their victims. c. Willfully transporting individuals who belong to terrorist groups or are linked to their criminal activities, as well as providing them with any kind of assistance to help them escape. d. Organizing courses or leading centers of indoctrination and training of terrorist groups, operating under any cover. e. Manufacturing, acquiring, holding, stealing, storing or supplying weapons; ammunition; explosive, asphyxiant, flammable, toxic or other substances or objects that might cause death or injury. Possessing, holding or hiding weapons, ammunition or explosives belonging to the Armed Forces and the Peruvian National Police constitutes an aggravating circumstance. f. Any type of economic action, help, or mediation carried out voluntarily with a view to financing the activities of terrorist elements or groups. 186. Pursuant to Articles 322 and 5 of the Criminal Code and Decree-Law No. 25.475, respectively, the crime of membership in and affiliation with terrorist organizations may be imputed to: Article 322 of the Criminal Code of 1991 Those who are members of an organization made up of two or more people to instigate, plan, promote, organize, disseminate or commit direct or indirect terrorist acts provided for in this Chapter, shall be punished with no less than ten years’ imprisonment and no more than twenty for the mere fact of joining the group or association. Article 5 of Decree-Law No. 25.475 Those who are members of a terrorist organization, for the mere fact of being a member thereof shall be punished with at least twenty years’ imprisonment and subsequent disqualification for the term established in the judgment. 187. The Court has held that under the Rule of Law, the principle of freedom from ex post facto laws governs the actions of all State agencies, in relation to their respective duties, particularly when they must exercise their punitive power.166 188. Concerning the nullum crimen nulla poena sine lege praevia principle of criminal law, the Court has asserted that definitions of crimes must clearly describe the criminalized conduct, establishing its elements, and the factors that distinguish it from other forms of conduct that are either not punishable or punishable with non-criminal measures.167 166 Cf. Case of Fermín Ramírez. Judgment of June 20, 2005. Series C No. 126, para. 90; Case of Lori Berenson-Mejía, supra note 152, para. 126; and Case of De la Cruz-Flores, supra note 4, para. 80. 167 Cf. Case of Fermín Ramírez, supra note 166, para. 90; Case of Lori Berenson-Mejía, supra note 152, para. 125; and Case of De la Cruz-Flores, supra note 4, para. 79.

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