International Community on Alert in the Face of Authoritarian Package in Congress (La Republica [Spanish])
International Community on Alert in the Face of Authoritarian Package in Congress (La Republica [Spanish]) Peru's Congress is in the spotlight. Sixteen countries have spoke out against the bill that persecutes NGOs and the Association of Judges questions the counter-reform that eliminates the National Board of Justice (JNJ) . By: Diego Quispe Sánchez Yesterday, 16 embassies from countries in Europe, Oceania, and North America spoke out against the opinion promoted by the Foreign Relations Commission, chaired by Fujimori Alejandro Aguinaga, to pursue the financing and activities of NGOs. “As cooperation partners of Peru, we are concerned about the proposed amendments to the law creating the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI) that will restrict the ability of civil society to operate in an enabling environment. Democracies are more inclusive, equitable, stable, and prosperous when civil society is fully empowered to protect human rights and respond to the needs of ...