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.
The CVR had access to the statement of a person who was detained with several women in the 9 de Diciembre Barracks in 1992, among them three women who were later found dead. Acts of sexual violence were not limited to rape but also included forcing women to have sex …
According to testimony gathered by the CVR, all the women detained in the Totos barracks were raped without distinction of age. A declarant stated that he learned from fellow detainees that even an elderly person was raped in the military barracks. This testimony shows that rape was a systematic practice …
A witness from Huancayo recounts his detention along with his twelve-year-old daughter, who were taken to Cuartel 9 de Diciembre where they were hanged and interrogated. After eight days of torture, the witness asked to speak to the Commander of Cuartel 9 de Diciembre, expressing his despair at the punishments …
During her detention at the La Oroya Barracks in July 1986, a complainant witnessed the rape of a minor by several members of the Peruvian Army. The events occurred in the context of arbitrary detentions carried out by the armed forces in the area. This case is part of a …
In 1983, the Peruvian Navy Barracks was established in the Huanta Stadium, Ayacucho. During the operation of this barracks, serious human rights violations were committed, including systematic sexual violations against detainees. A witness testified that during his detention there, he witnessed how a peasant woman of approximately 40 years of …
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