Peru: Disability Rights at Risk with New Bill

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A view of the Congress building in Lima, Peru, September 17, 2018. © REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo A view of the Congress building in Lima, Peru, September 17, 2018. © REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo (Lima) – Thousands of Peruvians with disabilities risk losing some of their legal rights if Congress passes a new law for people with disabilities that would replace existing legislation, Human Rights Watch said today. The Commission on Social Inclusion and People with Disabilities in the Peruvian Congress approved the draft bill on February 8, 2021, without engaging in a broad consultation…

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