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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Terrorist ambush. Shining Path (Part 2 of 2)
CVR public hearings: Huancayo and Huancavelica, May 2002
1991
Shining Path murders peasants in the community of Santo Tomás de Pata in Angaraes
1990
VICTIM
1984
PUCAYACU MASSACRE, HUANCAVELICA
1984
PUCAYACU MASSACRE
1982
Funeral of the four police officers who died in Huancavelica
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Yuyarisun: We Are Remembering
Yuyarisun is an archive of testimonies from community members of Ayacucho and Huancavelica, Peru, that document the political violence of Peru's last two decades. The archive is organized into four …
Huancavelica: Remains of the Disappeared Are Handed Over After 22 Years
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the victims were tortured by Sendero Luminoso. The bereaved last saw their disappeared relatives in 1989.
Hearing and Telling Violence from the Inside. A Conversation with Kimberly Theidon and Edith Del Pino
Interview with Kimberly Theidon and Edith Del Pino. Both researchers have been working for several years on the aftermath of the internal armed conflict in Ayacucho, Huancavelica, and the VRAE. …
Reparation for Victims of the Armed Conflict in Peru: The Voice of the Victims
The Instituto de Defensa Legal, through its Governance and Rights Area, publishes this study on the perceptions of victims of political violence regarding the reparations process, in the communities of …
The New Horizons of Displaced Families from Ayacucho and Huancavelica. Process of Integration into Urban Areas: The Case of Huancayo
This post-graduate thesis in anthropology addresses the phenomenon of displacement in Peru and attempts to shed light on the reality experienced by a large sector of the civilian population during …
An Assessment Across Several Timeframes
The CVR's Final Report captures not only the results of two years of investigations, interviews with more than 17,000 people, public hearings, and debate; it also synthesized a long process …
Memory Has Not Been Forgotten
IDL has worked in regional processes to try to reconstruct the past. The work in Huancavelica was intensive. Little was known about what happened in that department, unlike Ayacucho, where …
Eight Bodies of Victims Executed in a Mass Grave Exhumed in Peru
The Peruvian prosecutor's office reported on Friday that the eight bodies exhumed from a mass grave in Huancavelica show signs that the victims were executed, presumably during the conflict that …
Basic Criteria for a Space of Commemoration of Violence in Peru. The Centrality of Victims' Rights
Within the framework of the Social Construction of Memory project sponsored by MISEREOR, this document offers a set of notions about what is expected of a national space dedicated to …
Santa Bárbara Case
1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE. 2. PROCEDURAL DESCRIPTION. 3. OBSERVATION OF THE NEW ORAL TRIAL.
Documentation Experiences in Post-Conflict Scenarios: The Huancavelica - Peru Case
This publication is the result of joint work between the Registro Nacional de Identidad y Estado Civil (RENIEC) and the Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL), launched at the end of …
Reparations for Violence Victims Finally Arrive
Peru will begin delivering individual economic reparations to victims of political violence (1980–2000), with priority given to the elderly living in the most remote villages. The government already has four …
Lima, So Many Times: The Museum of Memory
The rejection and subsequent acceptance by the Peruvian Government of the German donation for the construction of a museum that would house the history of the events that occurred during …
105 Bodies Delivered to Families Today
Starting at 9:00 this morning, the Ministerio Público will proceed with the handover of 105 bodies that were exhumed in the district of Santo Tomás de Pata, province of Angaraes, …
Executive Allocates S/. 4 Million in Favor of Those Affected by Terrorism
Head of State Alan García Pérez transferred 3,998,904 soles to 28 local governments to carry out works in 7 regions of the country in favor of residents whose human rights …
The Horror of Pucayacu
25 years ago, La República published on its front page the discovery of a clandestine grave in Pucayacu — on the border between Ayacucho and Huancavelica — containing 50 victims …
Recognizing Other Forms of Knowledge. Community Mental Health, Justice and Reparation
With this book, the Study for the Defense of Women's Rights (DEMUS) seeks to make a contribution to the processes of justice and reparation for cases of human rights violations …
Anco, Making Memory
At this moment, although pacification has been achieved, much remains to be done on the path toward justice, reparation, and reconciliation. "Anco, haciendo memoria" (Anco, Making Memory) is a proposal …
Mental Health in Peru: Pain and Proposal. The Huancavelica Experience
It is encouraging to present a study such as this one, which contributes to the design and implementation of public mental health policies and outlines an essential line of review …
The threshold of memory
The primary objective of "El umbral de la memoria" is to preserve the collective memory of the seven provinces of the department of Huancavelica (highlands of Peru), which suffered and …
Voices of one feeling.
The districts of the northern cone of Huancavelica, belonging to the micro-basin of the Río Vilca, were severely affected by the internal armed conflict that Peru experienced in the 1980s …
Starting Point: Huancavelica
CVR recommendations and Huancavelica. A broad survey conducted in Huancavelica forms the starting point for a project that seeks to improve governance and governability. How? By working simultaneously in four …
Victim Registration Begins in Huancavelica
Registering victims can be understood as a cold tally of casualties: so many dead, so many wounded, and that is that. But, as conceived by the Comisión de la Verdad …
Working Methodology in the Memory and Regional Identity Component
The Memory and Identity team began bibliographic research on the topic of violence in Huancavelica, and in November a researcher joined the team. That month, trips to Huancavelica began to …
Victim Registration Begins in Huancavelica
Huancavelica had grown tired of waiting. Aware of what its population had suffered during the years of armed conflict, its Regional Government decided to take the first step: on September …
The End of the Beginning
The Regional Victims Registration Campaign in Huancavelica has concluded, collecting more than 5,000 requests from victims or their close relatives. The data constitute the first step of a plan aimed …
Huancavelica: The Return of the Shadows
One of the tragedies left by the internal armed conflict in Huancavelica was the incredible loss of a large number of civil registry records. That is, officially, many people do …
The CVR Final Report. Huancavelica
This publication compiles eight of the nine volumes of the CVR's Final Report, selecting from each one the information relating to acts of violence that took place in the regions …
Telapaccha. Infamy and Pain of Political Violence
After entering university in 1994, I began conducting research into the reality of my own people and district; based on data collection and the systematization of experiences, the problems were …
Will We Ever Reach the Victims?
A detailed assessment of the issue of reparations for victims of violence: from the proposals gathered in the Comprehensive Reparations Plan drawn up by the CVR, to the responses that …
Women's Memories (in the Internal Armed Conflict)
This document aims to collect, highlight, and restore value to women as human beings who acted during the violence experienced by the country. On the other hand, it seeks to …
The Displaced in Peru
With the publication of the book "Los desplazados en el Perú," the CICR aims to contribute to the efforts of many organizations and of the affected people themselves to place …
Huancavelica: And After the CVR, What Comes Next?
Steps that must be taken for a region ravaged by violence, exclusion, and their aftermath to make the CVR Report its own.
Abusaruwanku. Rape of Women: Silence and Impunity
This book brings together the chapters of the CVR's Final Report dealing with aggressions against women, with the aim of promoting reflection on the severity of the suffering endured by …
"Life as a Prize": A Study of the Interface in a Context of Historical Violence
The framework of this essay is a study of the community of Santa Bárbara to understand three elements of its cultural paradigm. We will see how the members of the …
A Look at the Truth. Perceptions of the Population of Huancavelica on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 2002
Through "Una mirada a la verdad" (A Look at the Truth), we aim to contribute to the work carried out by the CVR and to initiatives that other entities may …
We Are Remembering = Yuyachkanikum
Yuyachkanikum is an educational resource prepared using testimonies collected by the Defensorías Comunitarias of Huancavelica. These bodies carry out important work promoting and monitoring human rights in their communities and …
Ombudsman's Report No. 77: EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS: Cases Investigated by the Ombudsman's Office
This ombudsman's report constitutes a contribution to the process of truth and justice initiated in the country with the delivery of the Final Report of the Comisión de la Verdad …
Assessment of the Displacement Process Due to Political Violence in Peru (1980–1997)
This report is a broad overview of the issue of displacement in Peru, based on the registry of NGOs from the Regional Roundtables that accompany displaced populations in the departments …
Mass Graves Are an Open Wound in Peru
The discovery of mass graves in Andean and jungle areas over the past eight months, containing the remains of victims of the war that ravaged Peru, has become an open …
Another Clue to Understanding What Happened in Uchuraccay
On January 23, 1983, General Noel, then the political-military commander of the Ayacucho zone, announced to the press that the villagers of Huaychao had killed seven Senderistas. To find out …