Peru Social Conflicts Registered (Defensoría del Pueblo)

## What this measures

The number of social conflicts the Defensoría del Pueblo, Peru's national ombudsman, has on its register in the month, active and latent together, as published in its monthly Reporte de Conflictos Sociales. The Defensoría registers a conflict when groups, companies and the state have a dispute that could turn to collective action; it stays on the register until resolved or inactive.

## Why it matters

Peru's register of social conflicts is the most consistent public record of tension between communities, companies and the state in a major mining country. A rising count is an early read on the operating climate for mines, oil and gas, infrastructure and public projects.

## How to read it

Higher means more disputes on the register. Read it with the active count (open confrontation or dialogue) and the latent count (simmering, no current action), and with the socio-environmental and mining series that make up much of it.

## What it does not say

It counts disputes, not their size or severity: a local water dispute and a national strike each count once. The Defensoría's criteria for registering and closing cases set the level. A month is published only when the report's cover, summary page and tables agree.

## Source

Defensoría del Pueblo, República del Perú, Reporte de Conflictos Sociales (monthly, https://www.defensoria.gob.pe/), the cover sentence and the summary page ("conflictos registrados en el mes"). Each value is dated to the month the report covers. No licence is published; displayed with attribution: Fuente: Defensoría del Pueblo del Perú.