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New Peru Legislation Threatens Disability Rights

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A view of the Congress building in Lima, Peru, September 17, 2018. © REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo Having a disability should never result in a person being denied freedom. Yet across Latin America, thousands of people with disabilities are still forcibly institutionalized, often from a young age, with little control over their lives. A new amendment to Peru’s General Law on Persons with Disabilities unfortunately exemplifies this problem.On April 2, 2025, Peru’s Congress added article 29.2 to the law, which states: “The State promotes the creation of specialized care…

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