Fujimori called for elections for the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) to be held on October 18. Subsequently, the date was changed to November 22. The opposition - lacking political space - requested a plebiscite to consult on the continuity of the regime, but this request was not accepted by the …
The plenary of the Democratic Constituent Congress charged the Human Rights and Pacification Commission with investigating the arbitrary detentions and human rights violations that occurred on June 27, 1992 in the district of San Ignacio. To investigate the case, five congressmen traveled to Chiclayo, holding interviews with judicial and police …
The plenary of the Democratic Constituent Congress unanimously approved the conclusions of the report of the Human Rights and Pacification Commission on the San Ignacio case. The conclusions determined that the facts did not involve the crime of terrorism, that the existence of torture could not be definitively ruled out, …
The delegation of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) traveled to Tingo Maria on April 23, 1994 to investigate allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. For three days (April 23, 24 and 25) the Commission received testimonies from affected people in Tingo Maria, Aucayacu …
The Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) concluded its investigation into allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. The delegation traveled to Tingo Maria on April 23 and for three days (April 23, 24 and 25) received testimonies from affected people in Tingo Maria, Aucayacu and …
Carlos Blanco Oropeza, president of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) and a pro-Fujimori congressman, made public statements after investigating allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. Blanco Oropeza had been in Huanuco since April 11 investigating events in Cayumba Chico, and subsequently led the …
The pro-Fujimori congressman Oswaldo Sandoval presented a motion of condemnation against the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) for having disseminated, according to him, "without objective and real evidence", the accusations against the armed forces during Operation Aries. The motion was approved by the government majority of the Democratic Constituent Congress …
Operation Aries had to be stopped definitively on May 26, 1994 due to serious allegations of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) and the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD). After fifty days of encircling operations and captures that began on April …
Alberto Fujimori's dictatorship attempted to spuriously legalize impunity for human rights violations committed by State agents. The Democratic Constituent Congress approved by majority vote two amnesty laws that violated constitutional provisions and international treaties sovereignly ratified by Peru. With one honorable exception, judges relinquished their power to apply diffuse control …
In June 1995, the Democratic Constituent Congress approved by majority vote the Amnesty laws guaranteeing impunity for human rights violations. This approval included a significant vote by some leaders of the opposition to the Fujimori regime. The amnesty laws were designed to dispense with the obsequiousness of judicial authorities and …
On June 14, 1995, the Democratic Constituent Congress, with the votes of the ruling majority of the 'Cambio 90' party, approved Law 26479, a broad and general amnesty for military and police officers implicated in human rights violations since May 1980. The law established that all facts derived from the …
On July 2, 1995, the Democratic Constituent Congress approved Law No. 26492 that interpreted Article 1 of Law No. 26479 in the sense that the general amnesty was of obligatory application by the Jurisdictional Bodies and reached all the facts derived from the fight against terrorism. The procedure was irregular: …
