Peru Faces Court Hearing Over Alleged Failure to Protect Uncontacted Amazon Tribes

A public hearing at the Inter‑American Court of Human Rights on Sept. 24‑25 in Montevideo will examine claims that the Peruvian state violated the rights of the Mashco Piro, Yora, and Amahuaca peoples. The court will assess whether Peru failed to shield these isolated groups from encroaching extractive industries, including activity inside the Madre de Dios Territorial Reserve. The Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights had earlier found that Peru did not expand the reserve despite evidence of isolated peoples living there and had not recognized collective territories with legal titles, as required by law. The court’s decision could set a legal and political precedent for Indigenous protection throughout the Amazon.