On October 10, Dina Boluarte Medina, then serving as President of Perú, was removed from office after the Congress of the Republic approved a presidential vacancy motion accusing her of moral “incapacity” amid a deepening crisis of organized crime and insecurity across the country. The removal began on October 9, when various groups of legislators [...]

Perú’s President Dina Boluarte recently shook up the country’s political landscape by enacting a new law on August 13 granting amnesty to members of the Armed Forces, the National Police, and self-defense committees who participated in the fight against terrorism between 1980 and 2000. The law has divided public opinion and reignited debate about human [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a research center in UNSAA’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information and [...]

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 [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading [...]

In this occasional series of dispatches and commentaries, JURIST staff and correspondents from around the world reflect on the implications of Donald Trump’s US election victory and some of its likely implications for their regions. In this dispatch, Maria Paz Rodriguez, JURIST’s Chief of Staff for South America, offers some thoughts on what Trump’s victory [...]

The 2024 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Leaders’ Summit, hosted by Peru in Lima, where I go to law school, concluded last Saturday, November 16. It made progress on economic cooperation but revealed tensions over trade policies, environmental concerns, and the influence of China. The summit resulted in agreements on trade, agriculture, and market access for [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cuscoare reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cuscoare reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho, a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information [...]