Overview

• President Dina Boluarte signed the law at the presidential palace surrounded by military and police representatives, granting amnesty to those accused of extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture and sexual violence during Peru’s 1980–2000 internal conflict.
• It also pardons convicted individuals aged 70 and above but explicitly excludes those charged with terrorism or official corruption.
• The law contravenes a July directive from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and a UN appeal by High Commissioner Volker Türk to halt the measure.
• Human rights coalitions warn that 156 concluded cases and over 600 ongoing proceedings could be nullified, erasing decades of accountability for abuses against mostly indigenous and rural victims.
• Victims’ families and NGOs have vowed to challenge the law in Peru’s courts and before international tribunals, and nationwide protests are anticipated.