Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru

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.

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  1. Start of the oral trial in Ayacucho for the Uchuraccay Massacre

    On September 28, 1984, the oral trial of the Uchuraccay trial began with great expectation in the courtroom of the Superior Court of Ayacucho. The only three defendants present were the detained peasants Dionisio Morales Pérez, Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles and Simeón Auccatoma Quispe, who were Quechua speakers and required interpreters …

    Sala de Audiencias de la Corte Superior de Ayacucho, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 162-163
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  2. Kidnapping of Víctor Rivas Ventura by hooded men

    On August 11, 1984, Victor Rivas Ventura was kidnapped by a group of people in civilian clothes while he was at his home. He was arrested in the presence of his mother and sister. The kidnappers were hooded men, wearing ponchos, tall in stature. A neighbor reported that his brother …

    Jirón Miguel Untiveros 122, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 3356
  3. Open town hall denied to indigenous population in Ayacucho

    In February 1984, General Huamán denied the recently elected mayor of Ayacucho, Leonor Zamora, the presence of the indigenous population in the open town meeting organized for that month. This decision was part of his strategy of 'isolation' that sought to keep the indigenous population away from possible subversive influences, …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 4204
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  4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) adopted

    The Peruvian State approved the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (adopted by the UN in 1979) through Legislative Resolution No. 23432 dated June 4, 1982. This convention is one of the main international instruments for the protection of human rights ratified by Peru. The …

    Perú Informe CVR, página 199

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Regional Political Analysis Magazine – Retablo No. 56

Varios autores

Asociación SER. · 2014

CONTENTS: Real politics in an electoral year / Women are the ones who will save Peruvian politics / VRAEM: The ghost of eradication / Discrimination, racism and violence among adolescents …

violencia ayacucho discriminación año electoral erradicación coca
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The Response of Women from Ayacucho to the Problems of Political Violence

Reynaga Farfán, Gumercinda

Repositorio Digital de Tesis PUCP · 2011

This thesis is a qualitative study that aims to address the response mechanisms developed by women in the Ayacucho region in response to the various problems generated by political violence, …

terrorismo conflicto armado violencia política mujeres ayacucho
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The Genocide of the Quechua in Peru between 1980 and 1992

Kwong, Mei Li

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse · 2006

Genocide is the systematic killing of an ethnic or racial group by members of another group or race. Between 1980 and 1993, indigenous people (particularly Quechua speakers) experienced genocide carried …

genocidio discriminación quechuas indígenas
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The War Continues. Approaches to Political and Ideological Violence in Peru

Quiroz, Rubén

Solar, Revista de Filosofía Iberoamericana · 2005

A survey of our country's political effects, social consequences, and barely understood sufferings requires not only sustained, long-term work but also the reflective exchange of all spheres of society in …

cvr terrorismo violencia política discriminación sendero luminoso
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Uchuraccay: The Politics of Death in Peru

Theidon, Kimberley; Quinteros, Énver

IDEELE - Revista del Instituto de Defensa Legal. Número 152 · 2003

The events of Uchuraccay — which include the deaths of 135 peasants — allow us to approach the divides that continue to distort Peruvian society. We suggest that the quasi-sacred …

periodistas campesinos uchuraccay víctimas discriminación