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Peru’s National Jury of Elections (JNE) on Tuesday issued deadlines for high-ranking officials to resign in order to run for office in the 2026 General Elections. JNE issued a series of resolutions to address potential challenges that may arise due to a surplus of General Election candidates. JNE stated in its resolutions that approximately 10,000 [...]

Amnesty International expressed concerns on Tuesday about the recent approval by the Peruvian Congress of an amendment to Law 27692, which established the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI). The organization cited potential restrictions on human rights as a key issue and warned that the reform threatens Peru’s civil society by limiting human rights activism [...]

The Peruvian Congress approved Wednesday a controversial reform to the 2002 legislation that created the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI) and oversees international aid. The amendment received widespread criticism from human rights organizations, alleging that it hinders the ability of civil society groups to sue the government for human rights violations. The amendment expands [...]

Peru’s public prosecutor announced Monday that its Extinction of Domain prosecutor in Ayacucho is the office with the highest number of rulings uner the country’s controversial asset forfeiture law. Between 2019 and 2024, the prosecutor’s office in Ayacucho issued a total of 255 rulings, confiscating a total of 3,943,235 soles ($1,074,427) in assets and cash [...]

The EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) reported on Monday that asylum applications across the EU+ (the EU member states plus Norway and Switzerland) decreased by 11 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year. The decline interrupted a three-year trend of applications exceeding one million annually. The report attributed the drop primarily to a shift [...]

The president of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís Nation (GTANW) in Peru on Monday denounced the use of local children as “human shields” to protect illegal mining activities and demanded the declaration of a state of emergency, according to local media. The Wampis Indigenous Nation has more than 10,000 inhabitants. In 2015, the [...]

Vanesa Escobar is a JURIST correspondent in Peru and a law graduate of Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco.  On December 10, Peru suffered yet another murder. This time, however, the case was directly related to the parliament, reflecting the amount of power it possesses, and its close relations with criminality. The murder [...]

Peru declared a state of emergency on Monday, following the detonation of explosives attacking the Public Ministry of Trujillo. Monday’s incident marks the second attack in Trujillo this year. In the declaration by President Dina Boluarte, the Presidency of Peru stated that “the Armed Forces and the police will take control of the city due [...]

Human rights organizations in Latin America issued a joint statement on Friday, expressing deep concern about the systematic non-compliance of several Latin American states with international human rights, sexual rights and reproductive rights (SRHR) obligations. SRHR are fundamental rights protected by a range of international and regional human rights treaties and in national laws and [...]

The Federal Court of Canada granted a motion on Saturday to expedite a legal challenge to Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s request to prorogue Parliament until March 24, 2025. The Chief Justice clarified that if the hearing were to follow the Federal Court’s usual timelines, there would be no opportunity for Canada’s elected representatives to debate [...]