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.
The report discusses the implementation of Law 24150 in Peru, which established a 'Political-Military Command' that was deemed unconstitutional. This law led to a state of exception that concentrated power in the hands of the military, resulting in severe human rights violations such as torture, forced disappearances, and arbitrary executions. …
On June 6, 1985, the Peruvian Congress passed Law 24150, which established norms for states of exception where the military assumed control over internal order. This law effectively legalized the military's discretionary power over civil authority, a practice that was already occurring. The law was a response to the threat …
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