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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