Posts Tagged ‘Perú’
National sentiment on Santa Rosa Island
The dispute between Peru and Colombia over Santa Rosa Island distracts attention from environmental issues (sedimentation, deforestation). We analyze how the resurgence of nationalism and electoral rhetoric are hindering diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in the Amazon River.
Read MoreDictatorship in Peru: Silencing the People’s Voice
Since the coup d’état against President Castillo, the Executive lost the confidence of broad social sectors, which felt that their will expressed at the polls had been violated.
Read MoreThe right to protest under threat: the situation in Peru
Peru faces a fractured democracy: violent repression, criminalization of protests, and exclusion of indigenous communities expose historical wounds. The political and social crisis demands justice and urgent structural change.
Read MoreThe right to protest under threat: the situation in Peru
Peru faces a fractured democracy: violent repression, criminalization of protests, and exclusion of rural and indigenous communities. The political and social crisis demands justice and urgent structural change to settle the historical debts owed to vulnerable populations.
Read MoreJustice for victims of the armed conflict in Peru, again at risk
Law 32107 blocks investigations and sanctions for war crimes prior to 2002 in Peru. This affects more than 69,000 victims of the armed conflict, mainly indigenous and peasant communities, perpetuating impunity, exclusion and making social reconciliation difficult in a polarized country.
Read MorePeruvian democracy hangs in the balance; NGOs at risk
The Peruvian state, based on its commitments to international law, has an obligation to guarantee democracy and, within that framework, the right of civil society to associate and express itself. However, we are facing a serious situation in which civic space is being closed off, with various warning signs that urgently need to be addressed.
Read MoreWhat is happening in Peru? The question of difficult answers
Two months after the self-coup and subsequent dismissal of Pedro Castillo, we take stock of what has happened and what are the possible solutions to the critical moment this country is going through.
Read More#SOSPeru: The repeated script of repression in Latin America
The stigmatization of social protest by Peru’s interim government has put civil society and the media in demanding guarantees for a dialogue that allows for political transition without violence.
Read MoreThe Peruvian crisis and abusive constitutionalism
The Peruvian Congress declared the vacancy or removal from office of President Martín Vizcarra, invoking Article 113 of the Constitution. The procedure appears to be formally appropriate. But the matter is more complicated than that.
Read MoreThe Hot Climate Cash
What are the challenges of the Climate Green Fund? What should be the purpose of this money? In an interview with El Espectador, Andrea Rodríguez, Legal Counsel for Climate Change of AIDA, answers these questions and says that up until now expectations have not been met.
Read MorePeru’s Two Faces
Peru has one face for the international community in the COP 20 and another that its citizens see. Analysis by Dejusticia from Lima.
Read MoreAmicus about the Rights of Indigenous Populations
Dejusticia, the Global Justice and Human RightsProgram at Universidad de los Andes, and the Law School Clinics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú and Stanford presented an amicus curiae challenging the constitutionality of guidelines regulating the Official Data Base of Indigenous and Native Peoples in Peru.
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