The COVID-19 pandemic exposed shortcomings regarding access to the right to health in Peru. Inequality in access to a fragmented and underfunded health system, coupled with a lack of protection for health workers, contributed to Peru remaining among the 10 countries with the highest per capita...

August and September 2024 have seen record fires across South America, with several millions of hectares burning not only in rainforests of the Amazon basin. The world is watching and cannot wait for the Amazon basin and other precious ecosystems in the continent to be saved from extinction. South...

The body of evidence presented in this report reveals a series of actions and omissions from the highest levels of the Peruvian State that appear to have had lethal consequences over a prolonged period during protests from December 2022 to March 2023. International human rights law contains clear...

In this report, Amnesty International analyzes the migratory regularization measures and procedures for the recognition of refugee status implemented by Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile, states that host nearly 70% of the 7.32 million Venezuelan people who have fled a complex humanitarian...

Amnesty International has been monitoring the situation in Peru since widespread protests broke out in December 2022 and January 2023, resulting in the death of 49 protestors – including 11 people during roadblocks – and grave injuries to several hundred more. This letter follows up on previous...

Since 7 December 2022, Peru has experienced one of its deepest political and social crises of recent decades. Thousands of people took to the streets to protest. The authorities responded with the use of lethal force and with excessive use of less lethal force aimed at silencing and punishing...

Amnesty International is sending this open letter to express its deep concern for the situation faced by people in need of international protection at the border between Chile and Peru. This situation has arisen owing to the measures implemented by the governments of both countries in response to...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 42nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January/February 2023. The countries covered are Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, Republic of Korea, Switzerland,...

In this submission Amnesty International assesses the implementation of recommendations made to Peru in its previous UPR and the national human rights framework with regard to the ratification of human rights instruments, sexual and reproductive rights, human rights defenders, the right to health...

In Colombia and Peru, the two main receiving countries for Venezuelan refugees in the Americas region, Venezuelan women face multiple forms of violence in public spaces, at home and at work. Despite this, they are denied access to justice and health services because of stereotypes related to their...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in the context of its monitoring of compliance with judgments in the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases, must take all necessary measures to prevent this ruling by the Constitutional Court of Peru, which reinstates the pardon granted to Alberto Fujimori by...

Faced with the health crisis caused by toxic substances that is affecting Indigenous communities in the mining area of Espinar, Cusco, the Cusco Regional Health Authority (Geresa Cusco) must comprehensively redesign the Action Plan for Espinar in genuine consultation with the communities impacted,...