Overview

• The Permanent Commission approved the law in a second vote by 16–11, bypassing a full congressional debate.
• The measure grants humanitarian amnesty to military, police and self-defense committee members accused or convicted of abuses during the 1980–2000 internal conflict, prioritizing detainees over 70.
• Dozens of ongoing investigations into extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances and torture would be terminated under the new legislation.
• Amnesty International and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights have condemned the law as a breach of national and international legal obligations.
• President Dina Boluarte must now choose to sign or veto the bill, facing legal challenges and pressure from victims’ families and rights organizations.