Summary of the Alternative Report on the Situation of Peru for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) / Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples

This report was prepared by the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (IDEHPUCP), EarthRights International and the Institute of the Common Good (members of the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples of the National Coordinator of Human Rights) with the objective of presenting complementary information related to matters of interest to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The methodology used includes the revision of current regulations, documents produced by civil society and the making of public information requests to state entities. The report is structured around six themes: right to identity, land and territory of indigenous people, implementation and application of prior consultation, indigenous people in voluntary isolation or in initial contact, access and administration to justice, and education rights.