They denounce new regulations on NGOs

The undersigned Peruvian centers, members of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences, denounce the latest modifications to the law of the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI), approved by the Congress of the Republic and promulgated by the government of Peru.

These amendments to the APCI law strengthen existing controls over civil society organizations receiving international cooperation, stipulating that their activities must be approved in advance. Furthermore, the amendments deem it a “very serious” offense, punishable by fines of up to half a million dollars, to use cooperation funds to assist, in any way, those who file complaints against the Peruvian state before national and/or international bodies because they believe their fundamental rights have been violated. This last point specifically targets human rights organizations, which in recent decades in Peru have been the civil society organizations that have defended the most vulnerable populations.

These modifications to the APCI law constitute a clear violation of current laws and of the Peruvian Constitution itself, further weakening democracy and the validity of human rights.

Lima, March 17, 2025

Valerio Paucarmayta. Bartolomé de las Casas Andean Rural Studies Center.

Rossina Guerrero, Executive Director. Center for the Promotion and Defense of Sexual and Reproductive Rights. PROMSEX

Paola Patiño Ravines, Executive Director. CISEPA

Alejandro Arrieta, President. Center for Studies and Promotion of Development. DESCO

Melissa Donet, General Director. CEDEPAS-North

Carlos Revines, Director. Academic Department of Sociology. Pedro Ruiz Gallo National University.

Nicolás Lynch. Postgraduate Unit. Faculty of Social Sciences. National University of San Marcos