President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori proposes the creation of military tribunals to try subversives, leaving civilian responsibility in the background. He points out that, in this way, the State could have an effective instrument to safeguard society. This proposal is framed in a context of concern about the government's respect for …
The government publishes supreme decrees with the first 14 measures to reform the Peruvian State and foreign trade. These measures included provisions referring to the sale of shares in public companies, the lowering of tariffs and the practical elimination of labor stability. The reforms were part of a process of …
Supreme Decree 018-91-AG, known as the 'counter-reform', was published, allowing peasant and associative companies to freely decide on the business model that best suited them. This governmental measure sought to reactivate the agrarian sector through a new provision that substantially modified the previous agrarian reform. The decree was part of …
Coup d'état by means of which the Fujimori government broke the constitutional order and enacted a series of provisions that tightened the anti-terrorist legislation without contemplating the respect of minimum guarantees of due process. Military prerogatives were extended, expanding its power in emergency zones and in counter-subversive activity, thus expanding …
Decree Law No. 25446 was enacted, dismissing 133 magistrates of the Judicial Districts of Lima and Callao, including 33 Justices of the Superior Courts of Lima, 8 of Callao, 6 Superior Prosecutors of Lima, 47 Judges of Lima, 29 of Callao and 10 Juvenile Judges of Lima. It also ordered …
Decree Law 25564, published on June 20, 1992, established an extension of the limits of criminal liability by modifying Article 20 of the Criminal Code. It prescribed that a minor under 18 years of age was exempt from liability, with the exception of a person who is the author of …
Decree Law No. 25659 of August 13, 1992 created the crime of treason, denaturalizing its traditional conception and limiting it to a legal denomination of the aggravated type of the crime of terrorism. The law established that treason is committed by those who use car bombs, explosive devices or weapons …
Decree Law 25728, published on September 18, 1992, established the power of the courts to convict in absentia persons accused of terrorism and treason. The norm stated that given the nature of these crimes and the serious damage they cause to the country, the courts were empowered to convict without …
Decree Law 25708 of December 10, 1992 regulated the procedures in trials for treason crimes. It established that the summary procedure of the Code of Military Justice would be applied for trials in theaters of operations, granting the military judge a maximum period of ten calendar days to develop the …
On May 25, 1995, Law 26457 came into force, declaring the reorganization of the country's public universities and the dismissal of their authorities. Among the background to the enactment of the law was the existence of a pronouncement that pointed out the alleged resurgence of terrorist activity within the university …
The government headed by Alberto Fujimori approved the unconstitutional amnesty laws No. 26479 and No. 26492, which freed members of the security forces sentenced for crimes against humanity and prohibited any jurisdictional investigation. The citizenry mobilized massively against these laws, led by university youth who assumed a vanguard role in …
Supreme Decree No. 005-97, promulgated on June 24, 1997, established the Regulations for the regime of life and progressive treatment of inmates for terrorism and treason. This norm was part of the anti-terrorist legislation implemented during Alberto Fujimori's government. The decree regulated the conditions of confinement and the specific penitentiary …
On April 25, 1999, Nicolás Lúcar resigned from Revista Dominical after an unauthorized broadcast of an interview with President Fujimori and Montesinos. In the interview, reporter Álamo Pérez Luna, instead of interrogating, gave visibly negotiated inputs for a discourse that exalted the efficiency of the government and its intelligence apparatus. …
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