Peru enacts law shielding pre-2002 crimes against humanity from prosecution
Peru’s government enacted a controversial law on Friday that prevents the prosecution of crimes against humanity committed before 2002, following the approval of legislative initiative 6951/2023-CR by the Peruvian Congress on July 4. This decision notably favors former President Alberto Fujimori and hundreds of military personnel involved in the country’s internal armed conflict between 1980 [...]