Peru faces human rights court over protections for isolated Indigenous peoples in Amazon
Indigenous groups say logging concessions and other incursions have pushed outsiders deeper into forests, raising violent encounter and disease risks.
- On Friday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights concluded a two-day hearing in Montevideo, Uruguay, examining allegations that Peru failed to protect isolated Indigenous peoples from Amazonian logging and encroachment.
- Logging concessions and other incursions push outsiders into forests inhabited by the Mashco Piro, Yora, and Amahuaca, where more than 750 Mashco Piro people face increased risks of violent encounters and disease exposure.
- Lawyer Maritza Quispe of the Legal Defense Institute told the court Peru "flagrantly violated" protective principles, while Teresa Mayo of Survival International emphasized the groups want the Mashco Piro to "remain uncontacted."
- While the Peruvian government asserted it has adopted laws and monitoring systems to protect isolated communities, Julio Cusurichi of the Native Federation of the Madre de Dios River and Tributaries countered these protections remain unimplemented.
- Parties have until October 26 to submit final written arguments, after which the court will deliberate and issue a judgment, though no ruling date has been set.
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Peru faces human rights court over protections for isolated Indigenous peoples in Amazon
Peru faces a regional human rights court over allegations it failed to protect isolated Indigenous peoples in the Amazon from logging and other activities.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights examined, on September 24 and 25, in Montevideo, the accusation that Peru failed to protect the Mashco Piro, Yora and Amahuaca peoples. A favorable decision may require demarcation, buffer zones and concession review in the Peruvian Amazon.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a public hearing on September 24 and 25, in Montevideo, Uruguay, on the case of the Mashco Piro, an indigenous people in isolation from the Peruvian Amazon. Indigenous organizations denounce that extractive activities and the degradation of their territory threaten their rights, health and survival. The hearing comes after more than two decades of claims promoted by the Native Federation…
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