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Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Peru · 2024–2025

Peru Ley 31973 forest clearing amnesty and Constitutional Court

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 not measured · 1 unclear See the gaps

Peru amended its forest law in January 2024 to cover clearing carried out before that date. In February 2025 the Constitutional Court annulled only two transitional provisions of Law 31973, and the amnesty provision remained, according to press reports.

2 transitional provisionsProvisions annulled by the Constitutional Court
First and second complementary transitional provisions of Law 31973, 25 February 2025; the amnesty provision remained, per Caretas.

Status As of 2025: the Constitutional Court annulled two transitional provisions of Law 31973 on 25 February 2025; the amnesty provision remained, per Caretas.

What?
A forest-law amendment amnestying clearing carried out before January 2024, partly annulled by the Constitutional Court. Tribunal Constitucional del Perú
Where?
Peru. Tribunal Constitucional del Perú
When?
Law amended January 2024; Constitutional Court ruling 25 February 2025. Tribunal Constitucional del Perú
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the record.
How?
Two transitional provisions were annulled by the Constitutional Court; the amnesty provision remained, per Caretas. Caretas
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

In January 2024 Peru amended its forest legislation through Law 31973. The change amnestied forest clearing carried out before January 2024.

On 25 February 2025 the Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional) of Peru declared unconstitutional the first and second complementary transitional provisions of Law 31973, according to its press note. It annulled only those two transitional provisions.

Caretas reported the ruling as a partial annulment and that the amnesty provision remained.

  1. 2024Law 31973 amends the forest law and amnesties clearing carried out before January 2024
  2. 2025Constitutional Court annuls the first and second complementary transitional provisions (25 February)

How it looked

What was shown, beside what was recorded.

Shown

    Recorded

    • Constitutional Court press note: the first and second complementary transitional provisions of Law 31973 declared unconstitutional
      Tribunal Constitucional del Perú
    • Caretas: partial annulment; the amnesty provision remained
      Caretas

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    1. 2025-02-25Outcome not on record
      Constitutional review of Law 31973
      Tribunal Constitucional del Perú · Administrative · Not named in the record → Law 31973 (forest-law amendment)

      The Court declared unconstitutional the first and second complementary transitional provisions of the law. Caretas reported a partial annulment with the amnesty provision remaining. Tribunal Constitucional del Perú

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What nature saw

    Outcomes measured on the ground, and nature's note.

    Nature's report opens this page. Below: further outcomes measured on the ground.

    Clearing before January 2024
    Covered by the amnesty provision
    Provision remained after the 25 February 2025 ruling (Caretas)
    Area cleared under the amnesty
    Not in the record
    No area or number of cases is given in the record

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
    Court ruling exists

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Court

    • Unclear Constitutional review of Law 31973: outcome not on record.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stopped in full. The Court annulled two transitional provisions; the amnesty provision remained in force per Caretas.

    Who paid?

    Not established in the record.

    Sources

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    Courts

    Press and investigations

    Terms used on this page

    Law and courts

    Constitutional Court
    The highest court for questions of constitutional rights in a country.
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