Formation of the Comité Vicarial de Derechos Humanos
In 1985, the Comité de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de Ucayali was formed, later renamed the Comité Vicarial de Derechos Humanos. Under the leadership of Father Gerald Veilleux and lawyers like Lisandro León Leveau, the committee worked to address human rights violations during a period of political violence in …