Peru’s Rush to Exit Inter-American Court Threatens Justice and Regional Stability

In a move that should alarm defenders of justice and accountability across the Americas, Peru’s government has announced it will assess, "as quickly as possible," the possibility of withdrawing from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (CorteIDH). This announcement follows President Dina Boluarte's defiant rejection of the court's intervention in suspending an amnesty law benefiting military and police personnel accused of serious human rights violations during Peru's brutal internal conflict between 1980 and 2000. Why Is Peru Speeding Toward Exiting a Pillar of Regional Justice? The rush to exit the CorteIDH is not happening in a vacuum. The amnesty law...