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UN experts warned that a recent approval bill in Peru that eliminates the concept of gender from legislation and public policy frameworks could significantly undermine the country’s human rights protections and violate its international legal obligations.
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the bill removes references to gender from Peru’s legal system and replaces them with the biological definitions of sex. UN experts caution that this move will risk erasing social and structural dimensions of gender discrimination.
Human rights experts note that eliminating gender analysis can undermine Peru’s capacity to identify and respond to patterns of discrimination and violence. The reform would potentially reframe systemic issues such as femicide and LGBTIQ+ exclusion as isolated phenomena rather than as outcomes of social inequality.
Peru previously had a variety of human right treaties that required proactive measures against discrimination. For example, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women obligated measures to eliminate discrimination and promote substantive equality. The treaty clarified that states should address the social, cultural and structural patterns that perpetuate inequality.
Independent human rights bodies have also criticized Peru’s new approach to gender and sexual diversity. Past concerns raised by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against women included forced sterilization of women in the 1900s, which the committee found amounted to sex-based violence and intersectional discrimination requiring comprehensive state response.
Civil society reports indicate that gender-based violence remains a persistent problem in Peru and structural analysis tools have historically helped develop prevention and response policies. The removal of gender perspective could weaken such tools and leave gaps in monitoring and violence.
Observers have also analyzed the bill within the broader context of human rights challenges in Peru, where LQBTIQ+ rights are often overlooked and civil society defenders face legal and social barriers.
Human rights advocates argue that aligning domestic law with Peru’s international obligations, including rights to equality, non-discrimination and dignity, will require careful reconsideration of the gender concept in legislation and public policy. Continued legislative and civil society engagement will be central to ensuring that legal frameworks effectively protect all persons from discrimination and violence.
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According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the bill removes references to gender from Peru’s legal system and replaces them with the biological definitions of sex. UN experts caution that this move will risk erasing social and structural dimensions of gender discrimination.
Human rights experts note that eliminating gender analysis can undermine Peru’s capacity to identify and respond to patterns of discrimination and violence. The reform would potentially reframe systemic issues such as femicide and LGBTIQ+ exclusion as isolated phenomena rather than as outcomes of social inequality.
Peru previously had a variety of human right treaties that required proactive measures against discrimination. For example, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women obligated measures to eliminate discrimination and promote substantive equality. The treaty clarified that states should address the social, cultural and structural patterns that perpetuate inequality.
Independent human rights bodies have also criticized Peru’s new approach to gender and sexual diversity. Past concerns raised by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against women included forced sterilization of women in the 1900s, which the committee found amounted to sex-based violence and intersectional discrimination requiring comprehensive state response.
Civil society reports indicate that gender-based violence remains a persistent problem in Peru and structural analysis tools have historically helped develop prevention and response policies. The removal of gender perspective could weaken such tools and leave gaps in monitoring and violence.
Observers have also analyzed the bill within the broader context of human rights challenges in Peru, where LQBTIQ+ rights are often overlooked and civil society defenders face legal and social barriers.
Human rights advocates argue that aligning domestic law with Peru’s international obligations, including rights to equality, non-discrimination and dignity, will require careful reconsideration of the gender concept in legislation and public policy. Continued legislative and civil society engagement will be central to ensuring that legal frameworks effectively protect all persons from discrimination and violence.
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