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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Sexual violence in Llusita (Ayacucho)
Testimony of Toribia Casa Carrasco
Sanctuary - Documentary
Warmicha (Women) - Documentary
Testimony of Cirila Súñiga Quispe
Courageous women - Documentary
Sexual violence during the armed conflict. Television spot
Sterilized and forgotten (first part). Report
Sterilized and forgotten (second part). Report
Women march demanding laws to curb gender violence
Secret sterilisation in Peru
Messages from the CVR Final Report: Women and violence
Women and violence
"Women in War". Documentary. Abridged version
Women in war. Documentary. Complete version
2000
Women at the Anfasep headquarters in Ayacucho
1997
PEASANT WOMAN IN ARMS
1995
MISSION OF PUERTO OCOPA
1992
Women from the central highlands participate in the 1992 military parade
1984
Woman holding a malnourished child.
1984
PEASANT WOMAN MURDERED BY SHINING PATH
1983
DEATH OF AN ALLEGED TERRORIST
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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 …
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 …
Ana María Vidal on Forced Sterilizations: The Silence Benefits Keiko
Yesterday the Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (of which I am a member) and Demus announced at a press conference that prosecutor Marcelita Gutiérrez decided to extend the investigation into …
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, …
Psychological Scars of Forced Sterilization
This article is an effort to analyze, from a psychological perspective, the serious wounds left by sterilization campaigns carried out against a predominantly female population. This analysis is combined with …
Life Plans of Women Victims of Sexual Violence in the Internal Armed Conflict
The research presented by the author is based on the finding that sexual violence during the internal armed conflict was not an isolated event, but rather reveals an exercise of …
The Response of Women from Ayacucho to the Problems of Political Violence
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, …
Third Monitoring Report on Collective Reparations
Reparations Monitoring System. Situation of women who have received collective reparations. Once again, the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos – APRODEH, in alliance with the International Center for Transitional Justice – …
Forced Sterilizations in Peru. Women's Time and Their Memory
This is the story of how this work came to be — how from the political activism of publicizing what the forced sterilizations were, I moved to reflecting on them …
Voices of the Women of the Central Jungle. Testimonies of Indigenous Women During the Internal Armed Conflict
This effort focuses on a fundamental aspect: gathering the voices of indigenous women from the central jungle who were victims of violence between 1980 and 2000. It should be noted …
And What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations
This case study book, under the intellectual leadership of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), sheds light on …
FORCED STERILIZATIONS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The lawyer from the "Movimiento Manuela Ramos," Rocío Villanueva, now director of IDEHPUCP, was in charge of investigating forced sterilizations as an official of the Defensoría del Pueblo. From her …
Situation of Women Who Have Received Collective Reparation. Third Collective Reparations Monitoring Report
Once again, the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos – APRODEH, in alliance with the International Center for Transitional Justice – ICTJ, is pleased to present the results of the monitoring study …
State Denounced for Favoring Impunity in the Case of Forced Sterilization Victims
The Peruvian State faces a new lawsuit in an international forum for human rights violations. The feminist organization DEMUS denounced the State for violating the human rights of women who …
Weaving Life. Story of Six Women from Ayacucho
The memories of the majority of Ayacuchan women remain silenced, and thus we lose the possibility of their experiences being known in their full dimension through the very words of …
More on Forced Sterilizations
Continuing from the last post on the topic of the genocide of sterilizations, which already contains links to various materials on the subject, in this post I compile additional links …
Fleeing Violence and Building. Women and Displacement Due to Political Violence in Peru
This article describes the path to consciousness of which Peruvian women were protagonists during the era of political violence. Spontaneous organizations, formed in the context of forced migration caused by …
Weaving Life. Stories of Six Women from Ayacucho. Methodological Guide
Methodological Guide to the book "Tejiendo vida" (Weaving Life): History of Six Ayacuchan Women. Project "Recognition and Exercise of Rights of Ayacuchan Women Affected by the Internal Armed Conflict," carried …
Women Builders of Peace. Narratives and Songs
Telling stories is part of the tradition of our peoples - stories that have allowed the events of the times and the people who took part in them to be …
CVR MINI-BOOKLETS ON FORCED STERILIZATIONS
Untold Truths: The Exclusion of Forced Sterilizations from the CVR. This is the title of Jocelyn E. Getgen's article "Untold Truths: The Exclusion of Enforced Sterilizations from the Peruvian Truth …
The Genocide of Sterilizations
A brilliant analysis by the author on forced sterilizations in Peru and their international repercussions.
The Media Controversies in the Mass Sterilization Campaign in Fujimori's Peru (1994-1998)
This thesis analyzes the controversies that developed between 1994 and 1998 in Lima's media regarding the implementation of the Reproductive Health and Family Planning Program during the second government of …
From Pain and Truth
This article won first place in the NATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARDS CVR+5, organized by the Consejo de Prensa Peruana and the citizen movement Para que no se repita. It recounts gripping …
María Elena Moyano
The death of "Madre Coraje" remains in the history of the civil struggle against terrorism. Her assassination was a crime aimed at eliminating one of the people who led the …
The Reparations Process for Women Victims of Sexual Violence during the Internal Conflict in Peru
One of the main findings of this body was to highlight the differentiated impact of violence on women, which manifested primarily in the sexual violence they suffered. Using the data …
FUJIMORI BEHAVED LIKE A HEROD
It is the outcry of the women sterilized in the Asháninka native community, decimated by "family planning."
Review of "The Extraordinary Paths of Peru: War and Society, 1980–1995" by Steve Stern
Los senderos insólitos del Perú is a collective effort to build an analysis of Peruvian war and society at a moment when the country was transitioning from military authoritarianism to …
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 …
Access to Justice for Women Victims of Violence in the Americas
Women who are victims of violence do not achieve prompt, timely, and effective access to judicial remedies when they report the events they have suffered. For this reason, the vast …
Free Choice or Poverty Alleviation? Population Politics in Peru under Alberto Fujimori
The translation of this article appears in our Hemeroteca under the title: FREE CHOICE OR POVERTY RELIEF? POPULATION POLICIES IN ALBERTO FUJIMORI'S PERU. In 1995, the Peruvian government of Alberto …
Justice and Reparation for Women Victims of Sexual Violence in Contexts of Internal Armed Conflict
The document brings together the papers presented at the International Seminar on Justice and Reparations for Women Victims of Sexual Violence in Contexts of Internal Armed Conflict, held in Lima …
Human Pain. An Exploratory Study on the Influence of Rape on the Lives of Women from Ayacucho Violated During the Non-International Armed Conflict
During the internal armed conflict, not all human rights violations were publicly denounced with the same vigor. Human rights protection organizations/institutions placed greater emphasis on defending the right to life …
5 Years after the Delivery of the CVR Report. Women: Still Invisible Victims of the Armed Conflict in Peru
"It is becoming increasingly difficult and slower to implement the CVR's recommendations, especially on the issues of prosecution and implementation of institutional reforms. Five years have passed since the Comisión …
So as not to forget them anymore. Women and reparations in Peru
This publication, in a retrospective and critical spirit, proposes an analysis of the Comprehensive Reparations Plan recommended by the CVR from a gender perspective and its potential to provide redress …
Being a Woman, Young, and a Shining Path Member: Gender and Moral Panic in Perceptions of Shining Path
This essay examines the patterns followed in the construction of biographical narratives about women belonging to Sendero Luminoso. It also examines the stigmatizing process applied to these female figures, symbols …
Sexual Violence in the Peruvian Internal Armed Conflict
This work addresses a topic that few dare to broach: the sexual violence suffered by Andean communities during the war against Sendero Luminoso. This publication is divided into 4 sections. …
Reflections on the legal framework on sexual violence before, during and after the Peruvian internal armed conflict.
Sexual violence during the Peruvian armed conflict is one of many stories of violence suffered by Peruvian women in periods before and after the conflict. Sexual violence in the armed …
Forced Sterilization of the Indigenous Population in Peru
During the presidency of Alberto Fujimori, a birth-control plan was implemented targeting the poorest sectors of the Peruvian population, essentially indigenous people, which under the pretext of improving living conditions …
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 …
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 …
Violence, Gender, and Ethnicity
The purpose of this work is to analyze to what extent the ethnic and gender affiliations of the populations affected by the violence influenced the way they experienced it and …
On the Other Side of Freedom
The testimonies presented here come from women sentenced for terrorism and held in the Chorrillos prison. The guilt or innocence of those giving testimony is not at issue: some acknowledge …
Breaking the Silence, with a Woman's Gaze and Voice
On September 10th, an event of paramount importance for the women and men of the country took place in Lima: the public hearing of the Truth Commission for women affected …
Demographic Policy and Human Rights. Journalistic Investigation of the Situation in Peru
The report by Maria-Christine Zauzich is always an objective, analytically grounded reading, one that always considers different aspects and yet is in large part compelling. After this report, it is …
Memory of Horror. Testimonies of Women Affected by Violence
"Everything I answered was the truth, but those men insulted me, saying words no one had ever said to me in my life. They grabbed me by the hair and …