Peru

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Peruvian security forces have at times responded to violent protests over mining and other large-scale development projects with live gunfire that has killed and wounded protestors. Judicial investigations into grave human rights abuses committed during the 20-year armed conflict that ended in 2000 remain slow and limited. Threats to freedom of expression and violence against women are also major concerns.

Americas

October 18, 2018 Commentary

Atrocities, Punishment, and Cruelty in the Americas

José Miguel Vivanco
Executive Director, Americas Division

Published In: La Nación
Americas

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra should veto a bill that would grant a conditional release to former President Alberto Fujimori.

October 18, 2018 News Release

Peru: Veto Bill Designed to Ensure Fujimori’s Freedom
Environment

October 10, 2018 Commentary

New Americas Treaty Boosts Environmental Rights

Marcos Orellana
Director, Environment and Human Rights Division

Published In: El País

Videos Watch More

September 7, 2017 Video

Video: Humala Implicated in Peru Atrocities
May 15, 2012 Video

Peru: Disability Rights in the Voting Booth

Reports More Reports

September 7, 2017

Implicating Humala

Evidence of Atrocities and Cover-Up of Abuses Committed during Peru’s Armed Conflict
May 15, 2012

“I Want to be a Citizen Just like Any Other”

Barriers to Political Participation for People with Disabilities in Peru
July 8, 2008

My Rights, and My Right to Know

Lack of Access to Therapeutic Abortion in Peru

News

October 1, 2018 Commentary

Peru’s Groundbreaking Legislation Gives Equality of Choices to People with Disabilities

Carlos Ríos Espinosa
Senior Researcher and Advocate, Disability Rights Division
July 10, 2018 Dispatches

Time for Bolivia to Join Safe Schools Declaration

Bede Sheppard
Deputy Director, Children's Rights Division
February 6, 2018 Commentary

Latin America Could Lead the Way for LGBT Rights in 2018

Daniel Berezowsky Ramirez
Intern, LGBT Rights Program

Published In: Proceso
February 5, 2018 Commentary

What President Bachelet Got Wrong About Fujimori’s Release in Peru

José Miguel Vivanco
Executive Director, Americas Division

Published In: La Tercera
February 1, 2018 Amicus Briefing

Human Rights Watch amicus curiae on Fujimori’s release
February 1, 2018 News Release

Peru: Revoke Fujimori Pardon
January 24, 2018 Commentary

Pope Francis Missed His Chance to Speak Up on Rights in the Americas

José Miguel Vivanco
Executive Director, Americas Division

Published In: Infobae
September 7, 2017 News Release

Peru: Humala Implicated in Atrocities
July 6, 2017 News Release

Peru: Don’t Give Fujimori Special Treatment
June 7, 2017 Commentary

In Peru’s Brush with Autocracy, Lessons for the United States

Published In: Los Angeles Review of Books
March 30, 2017 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Peru
February 27, 2017 Statement

HRW Submission to the CRPD on Peru

World Report 2018

Our People

José Miguel Vivanco

Executive Director, Americas Division @JMVivancoHRW

Daniel Wilkinson

Managing Director, Americas Division @DWilkinsonNYC

Daily Brief

November 16, 2018

Genocide took place in Cambodia; France should step up on Yemen conflict; UN Security Council must address Uyghurs in China visit; the need for a UN investigation into Khashoggi murder; Angola must stop abusive deportations of migrants; European Court of Human Rights rules against Russia's arrests of opposition leader; European Parliament pressures Vietnam to improve human rights ahead of trade agreement; and some good news about girls education in Afghanistan.