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.
In 1998, as a result of a process of dialogue and study in various international fora, the 'Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement' were formulated. These principles were adopted to address the needs of people internally displaced due to violence, without including other unrelated disasters. The document seeks to protect the …
In 1995, the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, Francis Deng, visited the Asháninka area to report on their situation. That same year, the National Human Rights Coordinator published a report on the disappearance of Asháninka communities. During the internal armed conflict, out of 55,000 Asháninka, nearly 10,000 were forcibly displaced …
On September 20, 1993, the Peruvian government denounced to the UN the massacre committed by the PCP-SL in the Tsiriari valley. This denunciation was made two days after the news of the massacre, which occurred on August 18, 1993, was disseminated by several media outlets. The Congress of the Republic …
The Peruvian State approved the Convention on the Rights of the Child through Legislative Resolution 25 278 dated August 3, 1990. This convention was adopted by the UN in 1989 and represents an international instrument for the protection of human rights specifically oriented to children. The resolution was published in …
From Geneva, Switzerland, and before the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Izquierda Unida deputy Manuel Piqueras Luna requested that the Chamber of Deputies censure the Minister of the Interior, Agustín Mantilla Campos. The censure request was based on the minister's probable link with the Comando Rodrigo Franco, a paramilitary …
The Peruvian State approved the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment through Legislative Resolution 24815 dated May 24, 1988. This resolution was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on May 25, 1988. The approval of this international convention represented a formal commitment of …
On July 16, 1985, the Working Commission on Involuntary Enforced Disappearances of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights arrived in Lima. This visit took place in a context where Amnesty International had distributed a communiqué in January of that year stating that more than a thousand people had disappeared …
The UN Working Commission on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances visited Lima in the context of serious allegations of human rights violations in Peru's emergency zones. During this visit, human rights organizations filed complaints with the international commission. This visit came at a critical moment, a few months before Amnesty International …
The 1966 UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) was approved by the Peruvian State through Decree Law 22128 dated March 28, 1978. This covenant was subsequently ratified together with its Optional Protocol (I) by Title VIII, General and Transitory Provision XVI of the Political Constitution of 1979. …
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN, 1966) was approved in Peru by Decree Law 22129 dated March 28, 1978. This international instrument was subsequently ratified by Title VIII, General and Transitory Provision XVI of the Political Constitution of 1979. The Pact is one of the main …
The Peruvian State approved the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by Decree Law 18969 on September 21, 1971. This convention was originally adopted by the UN in 1965. The approval of this international instrument is part of the normative framework of human rights that …
The Peruvian State approved the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide through Legislative Resolution 13288 dated December 29, 1959. This Convention had been adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 1948. The approval of this international instrument incorporated into the Peruvian legal system the international …
Showing 1–12 of 12 events
A delegation from the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will carry out an official visit to Peru from June 1st to 10th, 2015, to gather information …
The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture's mission visits 25 facilities in the only Latin American country selected this year. The Defensoría del Pueblo recorded more than 700 complaints for that …
Trials of uniformed personnel in Peru for human rights violations, particularly in cases involving the killing of civilian residents, "are progressing very slowly," which generates "the perception of a climate …
This document aims to develop certain criteria and recommendations based on lessons learned from concrete cases, in order to achieve reparations that take a gender perspective into account in cases …
There is conclusive evidence that the United Nations collaborated in the forced sterilization of poor women in rural areas of Peru between 1995 and 1997. Peruvian parliamentarian and physician Héctor …
This bibliography gathers descriptions of the most valuable books and documents on international experiences, as well as cases of human rights violations occurring in the context of political violence and …
Resolution of the General Assembly on the prevention and punishment of genocide.
Resolution of the General Assembly on the crime of GENOCIDE: its definition and forms of genocide.