Barriers for Political Participation for People with Disabilities in Peru

Updated: December 2014
A large photo of a woman using Peruvian sign language with another woman takes up most of the cover. A bar just below has the HRW logo and the title against a light brown background. The bottom bar is dark brown.

A 2012 report from Human Rights Watch examines a now-defunct national policy that denied people with a sensory, intellectual, or psychosocial disability the right to vote.

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