The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the final day of a two-day hearing Friday on claims Peru failed to protect the Mashco Piro, Yora and Amahuaca from logging and other incursions. Final arguments are due Oct. 26; no ruling date is set.
Peru says it has adopted laws, protocols and monitoring systems to protect isolated Indigenous peoples, but FENAMAD says the safeguards are not being implemented. Peruvian law generally bars outside activity in reserves established for isolated peoples, while allowing resource extraction if authorities deem it a public necessity.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights found Peru responsible for violating the three peoples’ rights in 2022 and referred the case to the court in 2024 after concluding Peru had not complied with its recommendations. Indigenous organizations say the Mashco Piro number more than 750; two loggers were killed in bow-and-arrow attacks after entering their territory in 2024.
