Peru

In November 2024, at the Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), Peru was granted an extension to its Article 5 deadline. This was Peru’s third—and likely final—extension request, which aims to clear all 46 confirmed hazardous areas (CHAs) remaining and to destroy some 4,000 anti-personnel (AP) mines, by the end of 2029. These CHAs are located across three mountainous remote “sectors” in the Cordillera del Cóndor (sacred mountains), within the Amazonas department, along the border with Ecuador.

Between June and November 2024, Peru cleared 22,625m² of mined area and destroyed 746 AP mines in 14 CHAs of the Santiago sector. In March 2025, Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), which had signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Peru’s Ministry of Defence in early 2023, launched a new project to support Peru’s national authorities and the army demining unit in fulfilling its Article 5 obligations.

• Peru should continue to collaborate with international partners to strengthen land release methodology, including by further reviewing its national mine action standards (NMAS).

• Peru should apply all land release methods, including technical survey (TS), to address the remaining CHAs.

Click here to download the "Clearing the Mines 2025" report for Peru.