Publisher's Synopsis
This is the 2018 report on Human Rights by the U.S. Department of State published on March 13, 2019Peru is a constitutional, multiparty republic. Pursuant to the constitution, in March First Vice President Martin Vizcarra assumed the presidency following the resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Kuczynski, leader of the Peruanos Por el Kambio (Peruvians for Change) party, had won the 2016 national elections in a vote widely considered free and fair.Civilian authorities generally maintained effective control over the security forces.Human rights issues included isolated cases of torture; government corruption, including in the judiciary; violence against women and girls; and forced labor (human trafficking) at illegal gold mining sites.The government took steps to investigate and in some cases prosecute or otherwise punish public officials accused of abuses.
