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.
By means of Law 27234 of December 15, 2000, the functions and attributions established in Laws 26655 and 26940 were assigned to the National Human Rights Council of the Ministry of Justice. This body continued with the study of pardon requests, proposing the release of 264 innocent persons convicted of …
The Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Case No. 1277-99-AC/TC that established the concept of special or reasoned pardon as a form of recognition of a miscarriage of justice. The ruling stated that it is a sui generis type of benefit, applicable exclusively in cases in which an innocent person …
On August 17, 1996, Law 26655 created the Ad-Hoc Commission with the task of evaluating, qualifying and proposing to the President of the Republic, on an exceptional basis, the granting of pardon and the exercise of the right of pardon for innocent people convicted of terrorism and treason. This Commission …
Between 1996 and 1999, the Peruvian State had to pardon 502 people unjustly convicted of terrorism and treason. This was a consequence of the serious errors committed by the system implemented to prosecute the accused, which violated elementary principles of due process. The magnitude of these errors demonstrated the structural …
From 1993 onwards, the counter-subversive strategy was characterized by a substantial increase in the number of detentions of alleged subversives and a decrease in the number of cases of arbitrary executions and forced disappearances, although the number of cases of violation of the due process of detainees increased notoriously. The …
The National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) initiated in 1993 the campaign 'In the Name of the Innocents' as a response to the dramatic situation generated for hundreds of innocent people who were unjustly detained and their families. This campaign arose in the context of the new anti-terrorist legislation established as …
Beginning in May 1992, new anti-terrorist legislation was established that established severe penalties and special procedures for the investigation and trial of cases typified as crimes of terrorism and treason. This legislation was accompanied by the Repentance Law, a procedure that offered benefits in exchange for informing on those allegedly …
The TRC found that the strict and uncritical application of the 1992 anti-terrorist legislation meant that the prosecution of detainees did not guarantee fair trials. Hundreds of innocent people had to suffer long sentences. The violation of due process guarantees cast a shadow of doubt over the proceedings. The discredit …
On June 22, 1983, William Zabarburú, librarian of the Labor Cultural Center of Cerro de Pasco, Izquierda Unida militant and candidate of the Partido Unificado Mariateguista (PUM) for the department of Cerro de Pasco, was arrested. He was imprisoned in the El Frontón prison for two years, unjustly accused of …
On September 15, 1982, Simón Sánchez Torres, Mayor of Huanta, was arrested by members of the Civil Guard and accused of terrorism. His case is one of the best known among the innocent people prosecuted during the early years of the conflict, when the authorities wrongly considered leftist political leaders …
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The Misioneras Dominicas del Rosario, since 1943, have contributed to the development, progress, and well-being of the people of Ayacucho, responding in a timely manner to the most pressing needs …
As we anticipated in the previous edition, the Ad Hoc Commission's days were numbered because Fujimori had set his sights on it. What better proof that the Commission still had …
The Ad Hoc Commission was created to address the problem of innocent people in prison unjustly accused of the crimes of terrorism and treason. The Ad Hoc Commission succeeded in …
One of the main problems brought about by the anti-terrorist legislation enacted in 1992 to combat the political violence unleashed by Sendero Luminoso (SL) and the Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru …
This work attempts to present in a systematized form the social characteristics and personal histories of a group of women who are victims of the application of anti-terrorist legislation. From …
469 people have regained their freedom through presidential pardons, following the recommendation of cases by the Ad Hoc Commission and its Technical Secretariat, an body that has just completed three …
Why should a Commission that has been driven by national public opinion and the international community to solve the problem of the innocent have had to begin reviewing cases of …
We insist: among the thousands of those wanted for terrorism there are many innocent people. If the Ad Hoc Pardons Commission was driven by public opinion to solve the problem …
Between 1992 and 1996, Amnesty International documented at least 900 cases of Peruvians who claimed their innocence, insisting that they had been unjustly accused of terrorism. Of these, the organization …
The passage of a law that will allow innocent people convicted or tried for terrorism to be freed is an important step toward beginning to remedy the very serious errors …
Just days after the first 31 prisoners unjustly accused of terrorism were released, the Congressional Justice Committee approved a bill extending for another year the validity of the faceless judges …
This work does not aim to oppose anti-terrorist legislation. The State has an indisputable right to self-defense, and even to resort to violence to guarantee peace and social coexistence; but …
This publication by Amnesty International forms part of Amnesty International's global campaign for the international protection of human rights. It recounts real cases that took place on Peruvian territory in …
This document is part of Amnesty International's global campaign for the international protection of human rights. Thousands of people around the world are in prison because of their convictions. Many …