Peru: Congress Ramps Up Assault on Democratic System

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Constitutional Committee of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, in Lima, June 5, 2024. © 2024 Congress of the Republic of Peru. (Washington, DC) – Peru’s Congress is accelerating steps that undermine judicial independence, restrict civic space, and hinder investigations into organized crime and human rights violations ahead of the end of the legislative session on June 15, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. Members of the Organization of American States (OAS) should discuss the situation in Peru during the organization’s general assembly in Paraguay in late…

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