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.
On March 14, 2001, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the Barrios Altos case, declaring that amnesty laws 26479 and 26492 are incompatible with the American Convention on Human Rights and have no legal effect. The Peruvian State recognized its international responsibility for violation of the …
On November 3, 1997, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the Ernesto Castillo-Páez case, ruling that Peru violated the right to life, liberty and personal integrity, judicial protection and failed to comply with its obligations to respect and guarantee the rights of Ernesto Castillo-Páez, who had …
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned the Peruvian State for the detention and disappearance of Ernesto Castillo-Páez, affirming that Articles 4 (right to life), 5 (right to personal integrity), 7 (right to personal liberty) and 25 (judicial protection) of the American Convention, all in relation to Article 1, paragraph …
On February 13, 1997, the Supreme Council of Military Justice confirmed the sentence of the Special Military Tribunal of the FAP of October 5, 1996 against the MRTA members involved in the kidnapping of Raul Hiraoka Torres.
On October 5, 1996, the Special Military Tribunal of the FAP confirmed the sentence of June 30, 1995 against Emilio Villalobos Alva, Gregorio Benigno Cuba Vega and the MRTA repentants related to the kidnapping of Raul Hiraoka Torres.
On June 30, 1995, the Special Military Judge sentenced Emilio Villalobos Alva and Gregorio Benigno Cuba Vega to 25 years imprisonment. He also sentenced the repentant defendants with Codes No. B1A000133, B1A000087, B1A000089 and B1A000090 to 30 years of imprisonment, but due to the incidents of repentance, their sentences were …
On May 3, 1994, the Supreme Council of Military Justice issued a resolution sentencing Fortunata Leyva Quispe to 30 years in prison, Alejandro Luis Astorga Valdez to life imprisonment, Jaén Mirla Salazar Ramos to 20 years in prison, Segundo Nemesio Alva Marín to 30 years and acquitted Lucinio Dávila Bravo …
The War Chamber of the Supreme Council of Military Justice issued a sentence absolving Commander Raúl Valverde Añorga of the crime of Negligence and sentencing José Emilio Campos Chira for the offense of Disobedience, for which the possibility of imposing a sentence had already expired, and Víctor Vargas Giraldés for …
On March 14, 1994, the FAP Military Tribunal confirmed the sentence of January 7, 1994 that condemned Juan Francisco Sebastián Castillo Petruzzi, Lautaro Enrique Mellado Saavedra, Segundo Nemesio Alva Marín, and María Concepción Pincheira Sáez to life imprisonment for the kidnapping of Raúl Hiraoka Torres.
On February 21, 1994, the War Chamber of the Supreme Council of Military Justice issued a sentence in joined cases 157-93 and 8841-93 against officers and subalterns of the Peruvian Army for the kidnapping, disappearance and execution of the nine students and the teacher from La Cantuta. Major Santiago Martin …
On January 7, 1994, the Special Military Examining Judge sentenced Juan Francisco Sebastián Castillo Petruzzi, Lautaro Enrique Mellado Saavedra, Segundo Nemesio Alva Marín, and María Concepción Pincheira Sáez to life imprisonment for their participation in the kidnapping of Raúl Hiraoka Torres. Luis Astorga Valdez, Fortunata Leyva Quispe, Mirka Marleny de …
The Permanent War Council of the Second Judicial Zone of the Army issued a sentence acquitting Lieutenant Javier Bendezú Vargas of the crime of aggravated homicide, sentencing him for abuse of authority with aggravating circumstance of falsehood to 18 months of imprisonment and 500 nuevos soles of civil reparation. It …
The Permanent War Council of the Second Judicial Zone of the Army issued a sentence on the murder of 15 Santa Barbara community members. The sentence argued that the accused acted in a state of war psychosis and that the acts did not constitute homicide but abuse of authority. This …
The judicial process of Abimael Guzmán Reinoso culminates with a life sentence. This sentence marks a milestone in the fight against terrorism in Peru and represents the end of the era of Guzmán's leadership of the Shining Path.
Judge Dr. Elba Greta Minaya declared the Habeas Corpus petition founded and ordered the immediate release of Ernesto Castillo Paez, under the responsibility of the then Minister of the Interior General EP Adolfo Alvarado Fournier, the Chief of the National Police General PNP Victor Alva Plasencia and the Chief of …
The Eighth Correctional Court of the Superior Court of Lima sentenced Aida Mendoza Mateo to an indeterminate prison term of no less than twenty-five years for her participation in the murder of Rear Admiral Carlos Ponce Canessa. The conviction was based on evidence obtained at the police level that included …
The Second Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Republic declared that all aspects of the conviction for the Socos massacre were not null and void. The Supreme Court confirmed the prison and disqualification sentences imposed on the eleven members of the Civil Guard responsible for the murder of …
The judiciary issued the final ruling in the criminal trial for the murder of eight journalists and two community members in Uchuraccay on January 26, 1983. The judicial process was extremely confusing and lengthy, lasting more than four years. The sentence convicted three peasants from Uchuraccay for murder: Dionisio Morales …
On November 26, 1986, the Superior Court of Lima sentenced Laura Eugenia Zambrano Padilla and María Concepción Urquizo Sánchez to 10 years in prison for the attack against the Acción Popular headquarters on July 11, 1983. They were ordered to pay fifty thousand Intis in favor of the Acción Popular …
The Superior Court of Justice of Ayacucho sentenced 11 defendants for the crime of aggravated homicide. The sentences imposed ranged from 10 to 25 years imprisonment. This sentence was the result of a judicial process followed against the perpetrators of serious human rights violations denounced before the common courts.
The First Mixed Chamber of the Correctional Court of Ayacucho sentenced eleven members of the Civil Guard for the murder of 32 inhabitants of Socos. The sentences ranged from 10 to 25 years in prison. The police officers were found to have executed the peasants, tampered with evidence and persecuted …
The Supreme Court confirmed the sentences imposed on the seven members of the police prosecuted for the murder of Jesús Oropeza. This confirmation represented one of the few cases where members of law enforcement were effectively sanctioned for human rights violations during the internal armed conflict.
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At a moment when the Constitutional Tribunal (TC) has just issued a ruling (No. 01969-2011-HC/TC) that seeks to evade responsibility for serious human rights violations in the El Frontón case, …
This book summarizes the presentations from a conference held in Lima in May 2010. "The significance of the trial and conviction of Alberto Fujimori: A national and international perspective" was …
The ruling of the Supreme Court of Peru in the Fujimori case consolidates the theory of indirect perpetration through an organization in national and international jurisprudence, thereby confirming that indirect …
The value of the ruling against Alberto Fujimori lies not only in the fact of identifying and articulating the prerequisites for criminal imputation as an indirect perpetrator, but also represents …
The sentence against Abimael Guzmán handed down by the Sala Suprema Antiterrorista chaired by Pablo Talavera demonstrates that it is possible to confront, in a democracy and within the rule …
The Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, in its ruling issued on August 18, 2000, in the case of Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides against Peru, declared as proven facts that he …
CONVICTING MANUEL RUBÉN ABIMAEL GUZMAN REINOSO of the crime of Terrorism in its form of Aggravated Terrorism to the detriment of the State, as provided for in articles 1, 2, …
The Peruvian State must effectively investigate the facts of this case in order to identify, prosecute, and punish the material and intellectual perpetrators of the extrajudicial execution of Pedro Huilca …
The criminal proceedings brought against former president Alberto Fujimori in the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases, and the case of the Basements of the Army Intelligence Service (SIE), has …
In the Barrios Altos case, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issues the present Judgment: 1. To accept the acknowledgment of international responsibility made by the Peruvian State. 2. To …
