The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned on Thursday recent Peruvian legislation that grants amnesty to those who committed human rights violations during the nation’s 1980-2000 armed conflict , urging the government to prioritize justice, adhere to international law standards, and provide legal access to victims of the conflict.

The high commissioner, Volker Turk, referred to the Peruvian amnesty bill as a setback in the pursuit of justice and reconciliation and called for an immediate reversal.

“I am dismayed by the promulgation of this amnesty law. This is an affront to the thousands of victims who deserve truth, justice, reparations, and guarantees of non-recurrence, not impunity,” he said.

The UN human rights chief also stressed that such legislation was contrary t

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