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.
Interview with Dr. Yolanda Cáceres Bocanegra, medical examiner and member of the Peruvian Society of Legal Medicine. The interview was conducted in the context of the CVR's investigation into the case of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides, who denounced having been a victim of rape during her detention by Army personnel …
The Constitutional Tribunal of Peru issued a ruling declaring unconstitutional various articles of Decree Laws No. 25475, 25659, 25708, 25880 and 25744, related to anti-terrorist legislation. This ruling questioned fundamental aspects of the emergency legislation enacted after the 1992 coup d'état, including the violation of the principle of legality, the …
The Inter-American Court issued a new resolution on compliance with the judgment, reminding the Peruvian State that it must take all necessary measures to comply with the Reparations Judgment. It ordered the State to submit to the Court, no later than March 30, 2003, a detailed report on the steps …
On November 19, 2002, the Constitutional Court declared partially founded an Habeas Corpus action filed on behalf of Juan Islas Trinidad and other inmates of the Challapalca prison, against the Ministers of Justice and the Interior and the President of INPE. This ruling ordered the INPE to transfer inmates whose …
Public hearing organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission focused on documenting and making visible the political violence and crimes committed specifically against women during the internal armed conflict. During this hearing, testimonies of women victims of sexual violence, arbitrary detentions, torture and other abuses were presented. The testimonies collected …
The Women's Public Hearing was a unique session held by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission where multiple cases of sexual violence and human rights violations against women during the internal armed conflict were presented. During this hearing, testimonies were heard from women who were victims of rape, forced nudity, arbitrary …
Testimony documenting experiences of detention and torture during the internal armed conflict. The testimony is part of the CVR's compilation of human rights violations. It is mentioned in the context of cases where the victims could not count on a system that would guarantee the possibility of a fair trial …
Julia Castillo Ccopa gave her testimony at the first session of the CVR's public hearings on June 21, 2002. Her testimony corresponds to case N° 2 of that session. She narrated her experience of detention and torture in Lima. This testimony is part of the public hearings organized by the …
Public hearing held by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Accomarca, Vilcashuamán district, department of Ayacucho, in June 2002. This hearing was part of the process of gathering testimonies on human rights violations that occurred during the internal armed conflict. The document refers to testimonies collected in this hearing related …
In-depth interview with a former president of CODDEH (Committee for the Defense of Human Rights) who was also a university professor in the city of Puno. The interview was conducted in the context of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's collection of testimonies on human rights violations during the internal armed …
The Peruvian State ratified the Rome Statute through Supreme Decree No. 79-2001-RE dated October 5, 2001, which was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on October 9, 2001. The Rome Statute, adopted by the international community in 1998, created the International Criminal Court and entered into force for the …
The Peruvian State ratified through Supreme Decree No. 078-2001-RE the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. These protocols specifically refer to the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, and the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. The decree was published in the Official …
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an interpretive judgment on the Barrios Altos case, clarifying central aspects of its previous merits judgment of March 14, 2001. The Court unanimously decided that the judgment on the merits in the Barrios Altos case has general effects. This judgment established that amnesty …
On March 14, 2001, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the Barrios Altos case, declaring that amnesty laws 26479 and 26492 are incompatible with the American Convention on Human Rights and have no legal effect. The Peruvian State recognized its international responsibility for violation of the …
On March 14, 2001, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled on the incompatibility of self-amnesty laws No. 26475 and No. 26492 in the Barrios Altos case. The Court qualified these laws as self-amnesty laws, stating that they lead to the defenselessness of the victims and the perpetuation of impunity, …
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a landmark judgment in the Barrios Altos case, declaring that the amnesty laws enacted in Peru lack legal effect because they are incompatible with the American Convention. The judgment established that amnesty, statutes of limitation and exclusion of liability provisions that seek to …
The Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons (OAS, 1994) was approved by the Peruvian State through Legislative Resolution 27622 dated January 5, 2000. This convention is part of the international instruments for the protection of human rights ratified by Peru. It was officially published in the Official Gazette El …
On May 30, 1999, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a decision on the complaint filed by Chilean citizens who were members of the MRTA. The Court established that their right to due process had been violated in the proceedings against them in Peru, and ordered a new trial …
On June 6, 1998, the President of the Republic granted a pardon to María Magdalena Monteza Benavides through Supreme Resolution Nº105-98-JUS, on the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Commission created by Law 26655. The Commission established a reasonable presumption that María Magdalena Monteza Benavides was not linked to terrorist activities, …
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned the Peruvian State for the detention and disappearance of Ernesto Castillo-Páez, affirming that Articles 4 (right to life), 5 (right to personal integrity), 7 (right to personal liberty) and 25 (judicial protection) of the American Convention, all in relation to Article 1, paragraph …
On November 3, 1997, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the Ernesto Castillo-Páez case, ruling that Peru violated the right to life, liberty and personal integrity, judicial protection and failed to comply with its obligations to respect and guarantee the rights of Ernesto Castillo-Páez, who had …
Giving increasingly evident signs of not wanting to address the issue of the investigation of human rights violations, the ruling majority rejected all the motions on the agenda after a request for their reconsideration. This confirmed the pattern of impunity promoted by the pro-Fujimori government.
The Supreme Council of Military Justice confirmed the dismissal of the case related to the rape of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides. The Chamber of the Permanent War Council of the 2nd Judicial Zone of the Army had previously declared the dismissal and referred it to the Supreme Council for consultation. …
The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, known as the Convention of Belem do Para, was approved by the Peruvian State through Legislative Resolution 26583 dated March 22, 1996. This convention was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on March 25, 1996. The …
Accused of infidelity when she was a member of the SIE, Leonor La Rosa Bustamante is tortured. This causes her a series of physical disorders. La Rosa had denounced the death of SIN agent Mariella Barreto Riofano. Her case became emblematic of the human rights violations committed by the intelligence …
In 1996 the Challapalca Special Closed Regime Prison was built and implemented, located in the department of Puno, province of Collao, district of Capazo, at an altitude of 4,200 meters above sea level. This penitentiary establishment expresses the criterion of punishment over rehabilitation or resocialization. It is characterized by difficulties …
The plenary of Congress approved with 43 votes in favor and one against the organic bill creating the Ombudsman's Office. However, the text excluded from the Ombudsman's functions the possibility of entering the barracks and premises of the Armed Forces.
The Congress approves the creation of the Ombudsman's Office, an autonomous institution in charge of defending the constitutional and fundamental rights of the individual and the community, and supervising the fulfillment of the duties of the state administration.
One informant was detained in the district of Villa María del Triunfo on June 21, 1995. The testimony appears in the context of documentation on sexual violence and arbitrary detentions during the internal armed conflict. The detention is part of the cases registered by the CVR where human rights violations …
The amnesty bill was presented without prior notice by pro-government congressmen on the night of June 13 and approved in the early hours of June 14 with 47 votes in favor and 11 against. The General Amnesty Law (26479) benefited those sentenced for human rights violations during the fight against …
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 …
The General Amnesty Law for military personnel is approved, which benefits members of the armed forces accused of human rights violations. This law generates strong national and international controversy because it prevents the prosecution of cases such as La Cantuta and others.
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 …
Supreme Decree No. 01-95, promulgated on January 6, 1995, prohibited the public presentation of those detained for terrorism. This measure was part of the set of anti-terrorist norms implemented during the government of Alberto Fujimori, specifically during his first presidential term (1990-1995). The decree was part of the emergency legislation …
In 1995, the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, Francis Deng, visited the Asháninka area to report on their situation. That same year, the National Human Rights Coordinator published a report on the disappearance of Asháninka communities. During the internal armed conflict, out of 55,000 Asháninka, nearly 10,000 were forcibly displaced …
In 1995, Congress passed a law amnesting the military, exonerating them of the multiple human rights violations committed during the internal war. This fact, together with the administrative intervention of the UNE, opened a new period in the process of violence in the university that led to an institutionalized silence. …
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 1995, the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, Francis Deng, visited the Asháninka area in the central jungle of Peru. The purpose of his visit was to raise international awareness of the grave humanitarian situation faced by the Asháninka people as a result of the internal armed conflict. This visit …
In Report 19/94, the Inter-American Commission determined that the Peruvian State is responsible for the violation, to the detriment of Ernesto Castillo-Páez, of the right to personal liberty, to personal integrity, to life and to effective judicial protection, as well as of the judicial guarantees of due process of law …
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 …
Operation Aries was a large-scale military operation launched in April 1994 in the Huallaga region, as part of the counter-subversive strategy in an area that remained violent while the rest of the country was increasingly pacified. However, the operation was halted in May of the same year in the face …
National Prosecutor Blanca Nélida Colán made a second visit to Moyuna on April 29, 1994, accompanied by a military patrol and two medical examiners. On this occasion, unlike her first visit where she stated that there were no dead, she performed the autopsy of five people (four men and one …
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 …
The majority of the CCD approved a motion condemning the CNDDHH for having divulged "negative versions" -the denunciations of the residents of Leoncio Prado- about the "actions of the Armed Forces in the last strongholds of Sendero". This motion was part of the government's campaign against those denouncing human rights …
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 …
On April 27, 1994, George Comninos, representative of the Red Cross in Peru, responded to the invitation made by the Commander General of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermosa, to inspect the conflict zone of Operation Aries. The invitation, made on April 23, proposed that the Red Cross representatives …
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 …
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 persons in Tingo Maria, Aucayacu …
The Prosecutor of the Nation, Blanca Nélida Colán, made an inspection visit to Venenillo and other towns in the area where Operation Aries was taking place, flying over the area by helicopter. During this visit, the Prosecutor stated that the allegations made by the National Human Rights Coordinator about alleged …
On April 23, 1994, the Commander General of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermosa Ríos, invited representatives of the International Red Cross to inspect the conflict zone where Operation Aries was being carried out. The invitation established that the inspection was to be carried out accompanied by a commando …
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