PeruLey 31814, published on 5 July 2023, promotes AI under principles of human dignity and rights, names the government digital transformation secretariat as national authority, and declares justice a priority sector. Its implementing decree of September 2025 adds a risk-based approach; its treatment of judicial uses could not be verified.
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Peru
Early: one or two positionscivil lawupdated 2026-09-04verified 2026-09-04
As of 4 September 2026 Peru has a horizontal AI statute, Ley 31814 of 2023 with its 2025 implementing decree, that names justice as a priority sector, but no judiciary directive, bar guidance or reported sanctions case on AI in legal practice. The judiciary deploys the generative Curia drafting assistant while its AI policy remains pending.
As of 2026-09-04, Peru has 1 binding rule, official guidance in 0 categories, 0 proposals and 0 positions set only by case law across the 20 categories in the map. Binding rules cover horizontal AI statute. In 19 categories we found nothing; in 0 the position is not yet determined.
How to read this page
- Binding rule Binding rule means a rule in force from a court, statute, regulator or equivalent authority.
- Official guidance Official guidance means an official non-binding position from a judiciary, regulator, bar or public body.
- Proposed / consultation Proposed / consultation means a public bill, draft rule or consultation that is not yet in force.
- Set by case law Set by case law means no rule was found, but courts have set the position in decisions.
- Nothing found Nothing found means the category was checked and no rule, guidance, proposal or case-law position was found.
- Not yet determined Not yet determined means research did not establish a reliable position yet.
The rules, category by category
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
The judiciary confirmed in 2024 that it had issued no AI guidance for judges, and as of August 2026 its Digital Transformation Committee was still expected to approve AI-use policies. No rule or guidance is in force as of 4 September 2026.
No rule. Supreme Court statements on the Curia assistant stress that judges remain responsible and that AI is assistance rather than substitute, but no binding or written guidance was found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No bar guidance found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No generative-AI guidance from the Lima Bar or other bar colleges found as of 4 September 2026.
The Supreme Court presented Curia on 14 March 2025, a generative-AI assistant trained on more than 800,000 resolutions that drafts reasoned decisions for judicial review, but no governing policy had been adopted as of 4 September 2026.
No AI-specific guidance from the national data protection authority relevant to legal services found as of 4 September 2026.
No reported Peruvian sanction for AI-hallucinated citations found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
Official documents recorded for Peru (1)
- Ley 31814: Law promoting the use of artificial intelligence for the country's economic and social development
Congreso · revised 2025-09-09 · verified 2026-09-04
Court incidents on the record in Peru
- Yichang District Court (Hubei)2026-07-21 Warning
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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Peru" (updated 2026-09-04, verified 2026-09-04), https://safelegalai.com/regulation/country/pe (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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