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 3 January 2003, the Constitutional Court of Peru declared unconstitutional the references to solitary confinement during the first year of imprisonment and single-person cells as outlined in Decree Law No. 25475. The court's decision was based on the protection of personal integrity, deeming these measures as unreasonable, disproportionate, and …
Following the autogolpe by President Alberto Fujimori on April 6, 1992, the Peruvian government enacted Decree Law No. 25421, which transferred control of prison security to the Ministry of the Interior and the National Police. This marked a significant departure from international standards for the treatment of prisoners, as it …
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