Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
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 …
The government of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori called for elections for a Constituent Congress, achieving a pro-government majority in the process. This call took place in the context of the self-coup of April 5, 1992, when Fujimori dissolved the National Congress and reorganized the Judicial Power. The aim of the Constituent …
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 …
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