In 1994 , Peru signed and ratified the current international law concerning indigenous people , the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention , 1989 . The convention rules the following : governments are responsible for ensuring that indigenous peoples possess equal rights and opportunities under national law , for upholding the integrity of cultural and social identity under these rights , and for working toward elimination of existing socio-economic gaps between indigenous peoples and the rest of the respective national community . To ensure these aims , the convention additionally mandates that governments are to consult communities through their representative institutions regarding any legislature that openly affects their communities , provide modes through which indigenous peoples can participate in policy decision-making to the same extent as other divisions of the national community , and allocate support , resources , and any other necessary means to these communities for the complete development of their own institutions . The extent to which Peru upholds this legislation is debated , especially in regards to use of indigenous territories for capital gain . Additionally , implementation of legislature has been protracted , with indigenous peoples only gaining the legal right to consultation as late as 2011
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention , 1989
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
Indigenous peoples in Peru