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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Photos & Videos 50
Tribute to Mamá Angélica - Part I
"Mama Anqui" (Angélica Mendoza): in memory
Tribute paid to 'mamá Angélica' in Lima
'Mamá Angélica' recounts the kidnapping of her son, Arquímides Escarza, in 1983
Government ministers participated in posthumous tribute to "mamá Angélica"
Ayacucho: 'mamá Angélica' is buried with a massive funeral procession
Tribute to Mamá Angélica
Documentary about 'Mamá Angélica', a courageous woman from Ayacucho
Ayacucho: Justice and Culture ministers attended the wake of 'Mamá Angélica'
Mamá Angelica "Memory for the absent"
2012
RETABLO. PICAFLORCITO
2012
RETABLO. ENOUGH TORTURE
2012
RETABLO. DEATH IN YERBABUENA
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 1 OF DEATH IN YERBABUENA
2012
RETABLO. MURDER OF CHILDREN IN HUERTAHUAYCCO
2012
RETABLO. LIRIO QAQA, DEEP ABYSS
2012
RETABLO. PHOTOGRAPH BY EDILBERTO JIMÉNEZ
2012
RETABLO. PHOTOGRAPH BY EDILBERTO JIMÉNEZ
2012
RETABLO. WOMAN IN THE CEMETERY
2012
RETABLO. START OF SCHOOL YEAR
2012
RETABLO, VENTURA CCALAMAQUI
2012
RETABLO. HORNS AND CLAWS
2012
RETABLO. MY MEMORIES
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL OF MY MEMORIES
2012
RETABLO. PASÑACHA
2012
RETABLO. LUCÍA (DETAIL)
2012
RETABLO. ANDEAN FESTIVALS
Interview with Gloria Cano on impunity. Cases like La Cantuta and the Colina Group.
"Ombudsman Medal" awarded to Doña Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza "Mamá Angélica"
2012
RETABLO. THE CONDEMNED
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 1 OF THE CONDEMNED
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 2 OF THE CONDEMNED
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 3 OF THE CONDEMNED
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 1. DREAM OF THE HUAMANGUINA WOMAN
2012
RETABLO. THE HUAMANGUINO
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL OF THE HUAMANGUINO
2012
RETABLO. DREAM OF THE HUAMANGUINA WOMAN DURING EIGHT YEARS OF VIOLENCE
2012
RETABLO. WAILLAKIS PURMACKAN
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 2. WAILLAKIS PURMACKAN
Former president Alberto Fujimori is sentenced (07-04-09)
2007
RETABLO. MASS GRAVE IN CHUSCHIHUAYCCO
2000
Mamá Angélica and her fellow founding members of the National Association of Families of Kidnapped, Detained and Disappeared Persons of Peru.
1996
UNJUSTLY IMPRISONED
1993
DISAPPEARED PERSON
1990
VICTIM
1987
MURDERED
1986
SPECIAL TRIBUNAL ON UCHURACCAY
1986
VICTIM
1984
PUCAYACU MASSACRE, HUANCAVELICA
Documents 50
Terrorism in Peru. 1980-2000. The Version of the Military Who Fought It
According to this book, Peru's Armed Forces have been unjustly accused by the CVR and NGOs for the atrocities committed between 1980 and 2000. Quote from the book: "The biased …
Alberto Fujimori: The 4 Key Points for Understanding the Pativilca Case
Former President Alberto Fujimori will be tried for the indirect perpetration of the murder of six peasants at the hands of the paramilitary group Colina in the district of Pativilca …
Public Prosecutor's Office Requests Consolidation of Pativilca and Ventocilla Cases
Senior prosecutor Daniel Jara requested that Panel B of the Sala Penal Nacional consolidate the Pativilca and Ventocilla cases due to the same suspects being involved in both judicial proceedings. …
Fujimori and Former Ministers Criminally Charged in the Forced Sterilizations Case
Alberto Fujimori and his former ministers Marino Costa Bauer, Alejandro Aguinaga, and Eduardo Yong Motta are charged before the Primer Juzgado Penal Nacional as indirect perpetrators of the alleged commission …
The Judiciary Denies Fujimori a Pardon for the Pativilca Massacre Trial
Panel B of the Sala Penal Nacional, led by Judge Miluska Cano, ordered today that former President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori be tried as a defendant in the Pativilca massacre, in …
Fujimori Barred from Leaving the Country Over the Pativilca Massacre
The Poder Judicial issued a travel ban against former President Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000) in connection with the Pativilca massacre that occurred in 1992, carried out by the "Colina" group made …
Peru: A Tribunal Orders Fujimori to Stand Trial for Another 1992 Massacre
A Peruvian court ordered that former President Alberto Fujimori be tried for the massacre of six people in 1992, ruling that he lacks immunity despite having been pardoned and granted …
Criminal Complaint Against Alberto Fujimori and Others Regarding the Forced Sterilizations Case
Criminal complaint formally filed by the Segunda Fiscalía Penal Supraprovincial against Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, Eduardo Yong Motta, Ricardo Luis Costa Bauer, Alejandro Aguinaga, Ulises Jorge Aguilar, Segundo Aliaga Pideno, Octavio …
Judicial Resolution Issued by the National Criminal Chamber on the Pativilca Case
Judicial ruling issued by the Sala Penal Nacional in the Pativilca case, resolving that the humanitarian pardon of former President Alberto Fujimori does not apply, and therefore he is not …
'Mamá Angélica': Farewell to the Champion of the Disappeared of Los Cabitos
"Courageous mother, woman of a thousand battles, beautiful mother, unshakeable woman, your struggle is our struggle, your tears are our tears, you fought for 30 years in hard battles against …
From Huamanga, the Death of Mamá Angélica and the Commemoration of the Delivery of the Final Report
On August 28, 2017, Huamanga awakens to a brilliant Andean sun illuminating the tile rooftops surrounding the Plaza de Armas of the city. The atmosphere is as calm as any …
'Mamá Angélica' Dies, Symbol of the Disappeared in Peru
Angélica Mendoza, who for more than three decades searched for her son kidnapped by Peruvian security forces and became a symbol for families of the disappeared, died at the age …
Mama Angélica Dies, Exemplary Champion of the Disappeared
On the afternoon of August 28, Angélica Mendoza died, better known as "mamá Angélica," a woman who fought for more than 30 years over the disappearance of her son Arquímides …
Pativilca Case: The Tragic Episode That Led to the Extension of Alberto Fujimori's Extradition
Among the crimes committed by former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, the case of the nine students and the professor from La Cantuta, and that of the victims from the Barrios …
Life Testimony of Mamá Angélica (Quechua)
The following audio is a posthumous tribute to doña Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza, known as Mamá Angélica, an exemplary mother who leaves us an enormous lesson of struggle and tireless …
Farewell 'Mamá Angélica': A Voice Against Silence and Impunity
Ten days after the ruling that convicted the military personnel from the 'Los Cabitos' barracks who disappeared her son, María Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza died in Ayacucho without ever finding …
Angélica: Mother of Memory
"Maypi kachkanki Arquímedes?" "Where are you, Arquímedes?" What I remember about mamá Angélica are her eyes of unfathomable sadness. That last time I interviewed her, in 2015. Her husband had …
Mamá Angélica's Final Journey
"Mamá Angélica" begins her final journey tomorrow. Precisely on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza will be buried in the cemetery of Huamanga, …
The Death of Mamá Angélica Reminds Us Why Memory Will Always 'Offend' Some
Ten days before she died, on August 18, the Poder Judicial confirmed that in 1983 her son, Arquímedes Ascarza, had been disappeared by a group of soldiers from the Los …
The Funerals of Mamá Angélica
The Ayacucho guitar plays and the mothers of the disappeared sing in Quechua to 'Mamá Angélica,' the founding mother, the great mother. At the cemetery of Huamanga, on the afternoon …
Alberto Fujimori: The Pativilca Massacre, the Crime for Which the Former President May Now Be Tried
The Chilean Supreme Court today approved the expansion of the extradition of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, who can now be tried by the justice system for crimes against humanity …
'Mamá Angélica' Passes Away, Symbolic Figure for Families of the Disappeared
Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza, known as "Mamá Angélica," died at the age of 88. She was a woman from Ayacucho who became the symbol of families of the disappeared during …
'Mamá Angélica' Dies, the Symbol of the Struggle for Justice in the Los Cabitos Case
The mother of one of the victims kidnapped and disappeared at an Ayacucho military barracks died at the age of 88, after a long fight to find justice. For 34 …
Life Testimony of Mamá Angélica – Transcription
Lifetime testimony of Mamá Angélica. Spanish transcription of the testimony given by Angélica Mendoza, Mamá Angélica, about the disappearance of her son Arquímedes Arquímides Ascarza Mendoza. Published on September 1, …
'Mamá Angélica': The Life That Clung to Hope
A native of Ayacucho, her name was Angélica Mendoza Ascarza, but Peru knew her simply as "Mamá Angélica." Until the age of 88, when life gave out, she never stopped …
'Mamá Angélica' Dies, the Leading Champion of the Disappeared in Peru
Peruvian social leader Angélica Mendoza viuda de Ascarza passed away on Monday afternoon in a public hospital in Ayacucho, the southern Andean region where she and her children were born …
Mamá Angélica: My Hero
Without a doubt, Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza was one of those women who, against all odds in the world, believed in justice and fought for it. I will not recount …
Peruvian Justice Sentences Vladimiro Montesinos to 22 Years in Prison
A criminal court in Lima convicted Vladimiro Montesinos on Tuesday — the de facto head of the Armed Forces and former advisor to President Alberto Fujimori during the dictatorship — …
Justice on Trial
A change of judge in the final stage of the trial of Daniel Urresti for the Bustíos case adds to a list of questionable episodes. October 6, 2016.
Ayacucho: Retired Army Lieutenant Who Participated in the Accomarca Massacre Captured
Army Lieutenant (ret.) Juan Manuel Elías Rivera Rondón (56), sentenced last September to 24 years in prison for being one of the members of the military patrol that in August …
Legal Report on the Forced Sterilizations Case
Legal opinion on the domestic criminal characterization of acts of surgical sterilization performed by personnel of the Ministerio de Salud during the 1990s on Peruvian women without their valid consent, …
LOS RENDIDOS. AN ESSENTIAL AND UNSETTLING BOOK
Critique of José Carlos Agüero's book.
CRIMINALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
1. This report analyzes in detail the problem of the improper use of criminal law by state and non-state actors with the aim of criminalizing the work of human rights …
Everyone Against the Truth! What You Always Wanted to Know About the CVR. Who Does Not Want to Disseminate the CVR Report? Is Shining Path Re-emerging?
Maintaining his direct style, without ambiguities or artifice, Morote unmasks those who attack the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación to conceal their crimes, complicity, or silence committed during the …
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 …
Justice After the CVR
Ten years have passed since the presentation of the Final Report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR), which requires taking stock of the justice process stemming from …
The Disappeared: A False Dispute Between Humanitarian and Judicial Objectives
In our country there is a discrepancy between our perception of the needs of the relatives of disappeared persons and the actions we have proposed on their behalf. It is …
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 …
Justice and Human Rights
Alongside truth, justice constitutes another fundamental concept in the drafting and discussion of the Final Report of the Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación (CVR) that has been questioned …
All of Peru Has to Do With the Disappeared
In the early hours of July 3, 1983, a group of thirty soldiers broke into the home of Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza and took away her son Arquímedes, then 16 …
Barrios Altos Case: The Central Problem Is the Verdict, Not the Prosecutors
The ruling of July 20, issued by the Sala Penal Permanente of the Corte Suprema de Justicia in the Barrios Altos massacre case, sought to become a turning point in …
Press Release: Remains of 9 Victims of the Sachabamba–Chiara Case to Be Handed Over. Events Were Perpetrated by Shining Path in 1984 During the Internal Armed Conflict
On Friday, March 2, the Segunda Fiscalía Penal Supraprovincial de Ayacucho will hand over the remains of 9 victims of the Sachabamba Case, in the district of Chiara, province of …
Press Release: Ombudsman's Office Urges the Adoption of an Exhumations Plan to Address the Situation of Disappeared Persons
At the invitation of the President of the Congressional Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Dr. Alberto Beingolea Delgado, Dr. Gisella Vignolo, Deputy Ombudsman for Human Rights and Persons with …
La Cantuta Massacre, for Which Fujimori Was Convicted, Marks Its 20th Anniversary
Today marks 20 years since nine students and a professor from La Cantuta university were abducted and murdered by a military group, in one of the cases for which former …
Justice and Truth: A Slamming Door in the Faces of Victims
This year, in connection with the sentence issued by the Corte Suprema de Justicia in the Barrios Altos case, crimes against humanity returned to the top of the public agenda …
WOLA: Serious Setback in Efforts to Achieve Truth and Justice in Peru
On July 20, the Supreme Court of Peru issued a highly controversial ruling in a case involving members of the annihilation squad known as the Grupo Colina. According to human …