CIVICUS discusses Peru’s controversial anti-NGO law with Álvaro Henzler, President of Asociación Civil Transparencia, an organisation working for quality democracy and fair political representation.
The Peruvian Congress recently passed a law imposing new oversight rules on civil society organisations (CSOs). This initiative, which comes at a time of prolonged political instability, has been strongly criticised by human rights networks and international institutions for its restrictive potential. It gives the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI) greater powers to monitor the activities and sources of funding of organisations. Civil society warns this could become a mechanism for control and reprisals.
