NEWS

• IACHR funding crisis may thwart human rights enforcement

  30 May 2016

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) announced on 23 May that it faces a severe financial crisis, and has no alternative but to suspend all visits planned for the year as well as the period of sessions planned for July and October. Further, it has announced that it will be cutting its staff by 40% on 31 July if the necessary funds are not found by then.

• Amnesty demands human rights guarantees in Peru

  30 May 2016

  In a statement last week, Amnesty International called on the two remaining presidential candidates in the Peruvian elections, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Keiko Fujimori, to offer guarantees to respect human rights if elected on 5 June.

• State of emergency in Madre de Dios over mercury contamination

  30 May 2016

  Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal announced on Monday 23 May a 60-day ‘state of emergency’ in eleven provinces of Madre de Dios, claiming that as many as 50,000 (over 40% of the region’s population) have been exposed to mercury contamination. He announced plans to send hospital ships and “healthy” fish (from fish farms) to the area to help feed people.

• Gold mining continues to threaten livelihoods and the environment

  22 May 2016

  Satellite mapping by the Monitoring the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) has been charting the environmental damage done by illegal and informal mining and deforestation. New maps show how mining is invading the Tambopata National Reserve.

• Mining output boosts Q1 GDP growth

  22 May 2016

  Peru’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.4% in the first quarter of this year, somewhat higher than the 3.3% achieved for the whole of last year.

• Mercedes Araoz offers olive branches

  22 May 2016

  Mercedes Araóz, vice-presidential candidate for PPK and former minister during Alan García’s last government, has atoned for her role over the 2009 killings at Bagua.

• Protest over Block 192 and support from the UN

  22 May 2016

  Oil exploitation in Block 192 in Peru's northern Amazon has become notorious for the pollution that has occurred over more than 40 years. Last week, indigenous leaders from the area came to Congress in Lima to present a petition with 8,000 signatures from 74 countries.

• Renewed strike over Tia Maria

  16 May 2016

  As the end of Ollanta Humala’s presidency hovers into view and with a new government in the offing, pressure is once again building up over Tía María. Last week, local communities staged a 72-hour strike in pursuit of their demand to have the mining project called off.

• Court action on Cacao del Peru Norte

  16 May 2016

  A court in Lima has served a cautionary measure (medida cautelar) on Cacao del Perú Norte, ordering it to stop all activity at Tamshiyacu because of its impact on primary forest there.

• NRGI reports on mineral revenue sharing

  07 May 2016

  An excellent report has just been published by the Natural Resource Governance Institute, (NRGI) authored by María Lasa Aresti. In 31 pages, it presents careful documentation and explanation of how mineral revenues are fed down to the sub-national level, providing data from 2005 to 2014. It explains accurately the whole system of transfers.

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