NEWS

• IACHR hears representations on contentious PIACI law

  17 May 2019

  The encroachment by extractive industries into the territories of indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation (PIACI) in Peru, has brought the KNNRT case to the attention of the Inter-Commission on Human Rights which will include the topic for the first time in its Amazon-wide report.

• Fujiapristas vote down move to reform rules governing parliamentary immunity

  17 May 2019

  On 16 May the Fujimoristas and Apristas on the congressional constitutional committee voted against the reform suggested by Tuesta on parliamentary immunity.

• Mining companies in new bid to reverse tax that funds regulation

  17 May 2019

  Ley 30230 was introduced in 2014 and has been a source of controversy ever since. But now two companies, Cerro Verde and Perubar, have taken the matter to the Constitutional Tribunal declaring the tax unconstitutional and illegal.

• Communique on HRDs welcomes protocol but expresses further concerns

  17 May 2019

  The PEP, CIDSE and CNCD-11.11.11 have issued a press release expressing their satisfaction about the adoption of the protocol for the protection of human rights defenders (HRDs) in Peru.

• Executive and legislature clash over political reform agenda

  12 May 2019

  Prime Minister Salvador del Solar and Justice Minister Vicente Zevallos have accused Fuerza Popular (FP) and its allies in APRA of deliberately dragging their heels in pushing ahead with reforms to improve the workings of the political and justice systems. They have demanded that the congressional Constitution Commission give the reforms due priority.

• An important consulta previa begins to move in Espinar

  12 May 2019

  On 10 May, a press release by FUCAE (Federación Unificada de Campesinos de Espinar Domingo Huarca Cruz) and the communities directly affected by the Antapaccay expansion at Tintaya put down a strong marker in regard to the prior consultation promised by the Minister of Energy and Mines on 22 April.

• Partners at odds over delays in implementation of 2020 forest conservation and climate change mitigation goals

  05 May 2019

  Five years into the joint declaration of intent (DCI) between Peru, Norway and Germany on reduction of greenhouse gases and sustainable development, MINAM faced criticism from both civil society and donors at a joint planning meeting in Lima, 13 April.

• Economics, sustainability and the human costs of mining

  05 May 2019

  The BBC aired an interesting and moving programme on the “the unending battle between economics and sustainability and its terrible human costs” in the context of the Brazilian disaster.

• Monitoring the use of forestry resources

  29 April 2019

  At the end of last year, the public sector body OSINFOR, a key organisation in monitoring illegal logging, was moved from its adscription to the Council of Ministers to the Environment Ministry, a move initiated by the previous government and interpreted by some as a reaction to the organisation’s inconvenient effectiveness.

• Resignation of Vice Minister of Energy and Mines

  29 April 2019

  On Friday 26 April the acceptance was announced of the resignation of Miguel Inchaustegui from the post he took up nearly a year ago as Vice Minister of Energy and Mines. Inchaustegui is retiring ‘for personal reasons’.

• PAGES
•  
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14
• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18
• 19
• 20
• 21
• 22
• 23
• 24
• 25
• 26
• 27
• 28
• 29
• 30
• 31
• 32
• 33
• 34
• 35
• 36
• 37
• 38
• 39
• 40
• 41
• 42
• 43
• 44
• 45
• 46
• 47
• 48
• 49
• 50
• 51
• 52
• 53
• 54
• 55
• 56
• 57
• 58
• 59
• 60
• 61
• 62
• 63
• 64
• 65
• 66
• 67
• 68
• 69
• 70
• 71
• 72
• 73
• 74
• 75
• 76
• 77
• 78
• 79
• 80
• 81
• 82
•