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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"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Trailer
Video
2015
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Fragment 3
Video
2015
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Fragment 2
Video
2015
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Fragment 1
Testimony of Evaristo Contreras Huamán
Testimony of Ramiro Niño de Guzmán
Testimony of Gladis Felicitas Tello Merino
Testimony of Eugenia Quispe Sánchez
Testimony of Yasmina Fuentes Tello
Testimony of Eugenia Altamirano Huamán
Testimony of Agripina Pedraza Martínez
"Lucanamarca". Interview with Héctor Gálvez, co-director of the film.
In memory of Lucanamarca (Part 1)
In memory of Lucanamarca (Part 2)
"Cabitos, rebuilding memory" - Summary
"Lucanamarca". Interview with Carlos Cárdenas, co-director of the film.
Secret sterilisation in Peru
Exhumation of those killed at La Cantuta
Social exclusion and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
"Desaparecidos", music by Rubén Blades.
1986
VICTIM
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Yuyarisun: We Are Remembering
Yuyarisun is an archive of testimonies from community members of Ayacucho and Huancavelica, Peru, that document the political violence of Peru's last two decades. The archive is organized into four …
Giving Account. Studies on Testimony of Political Violence in Peru (1980-2000)
This book is an incursion into the archive of testimonies about the political violence that occurred in Peru between 1980 and 2000, fundamental and little-studied material to date. The archive …
Cultural Heritage and Memory: Ten Years Later, a New Look at the Testimonies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Ten years after the presentation of the Truth Commission's Report, I believe this is the moment to propose a different look at the testimonies — a perspective from which it …
Neither Heroes nor Enemies. Analysis of Testimonies from Former Peruvian Police Officers and Former Military Personnel Gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the Context of the Internal Armed Conflict
This thesis draws on the testimonies of former police officers and former military personnel compiled by the Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación before publishing the Final Report in …
The New Horizons of Displaced Families from Ayacucho and Huancavelica. Process of Integration into Urban Areas: The Case of Huancayo
This post-graduate thesis in anthropology addresses the phenomenon of displacement in Peru and attempts to shed light on the reality experienced by a large sector of the civilian population during …
"Because Otherwise Again": Political Violence, "State of Exception" and "Obscene Ritual" in "Las retiradas"
This thesis seeks to identify the different discursive practices developed by Sendero Luminoso and the Peruvian Army from the perspective of the peasants of Chungui. I intend to demonstrate that …
Toward a National Memory Archive
In recent years, the Consejo de Reparaciones has collected more than 95,000 registration applications for the Registro Único de Víctimas. Each record contains an account. The total is more than …
STATE OF FEAR. THE BEST KEPT SECRET
Incredible as it may seem, one of the best and most impactful documentaries about Peru has gone practically unnoticed by the public. ESTADO DE MIEDO, subtitled "The Truth About Terrorism," …
Discourses on Political Violence and Human Rights Violations. The Violent Acts at Uchiza and Cayara According to El Diario, La República and El Comercio
"The discourse analysis methodology employed in this research will make it possible to show, in a detailed and methodical manner, the underlying intentions in the discourses and will offer a …
The Case of Mamerto Huamaní or the Memory of the Invisible.
Testimonies about the death of Mamerto Humani, a municipal official from Huancapi, father of six children, who was tortured, subsequently murdered, and cremated by members of the army. Justice has …
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 …
Patrolling by Our Law
The Programa de Acceso a la Justicia Rural - PROJUR has found it appropriate to reissue this book, which documents the process of managing this new Rondas Law and the …
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 …
I KNOW STERILIZATION WAS PERFORMED
This was revealed through the testimonies of affected women. The special prosecutor's office cannot archive the reported cases. NGOs will appeal the decision because crimes against humanity cannot be subject …
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 …
The Genocide of Sterilizations
A brilliant analysis by the author on forced sterilizations in Peru and their international repercussions.
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 …
Embodiment and Testimony of the CVR in the Central Andes: The Case of Huasahuasi
This university thesis on the testimony recorded by the CVR during Public Hearings proposes an analysis from literary theory and the interdisciplinarity of the discursive manifestations of these divisions that …
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 …
Comparative Analysis of News Coverage in the Newspapers El Comercio, La República, and El Diario Marka in the Uchuraccay Case
The following research captures each of the events that left us with reflection and above all a lesson about what it means to carry out journalistic work. Here, details of …
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 …
Trial of Fujimori. Subjectivities, Denial and the Power Game
In the six interviews contained in this book, you will be able to read the opinions of psychologists who report on certain psychosocial aspects they observe in the trial of …
THE DISGUST FACTOR. Symbolic Trashing and Authoritarian Discourse in Contemporary Peru
This research focuses on four authoritarian discourses: the discourse of dirty war and the justification of excesses; the discourse of creole morality and ethical ambiguity in Vladimiro Montesinos's corruption network; …
Images of Political Violence and Libraries in Peru
Presents graphic material forming part of the research archive that underpins the book "Censura: violencia política y bibliotecas en el Perú." The images relate to the period of political violence …
Peru Carried Out 250,000 Forced Sterilizations in the Fujimori Era
In the 1990s, the government of Alberto Fujimori launched a Family Planning program for birth control, using various contraceptive methods, including voluntary surgical sterilization, which resulted in 270,000 sterilizations, the …
Traces of Political Violence and Population Responses
The acts of violence that took place in Peru between 1980 and 2000 have caused serious effects and lasting consequences for Peruvian society. "Consequences" (secuelas), according to the CVR, are …
Voices of one feeling.
The districts of the northern cone of Huancavelica, belonging to the micro-basin of the Río Vilca, were severely affected by the internal armed conflict that Peru experienced in the 1980s …
Canto Grande and the two hills
In this book the author analyzes a crucial episode in Peru's recent history: the deaths at the Canto Grande prison (Lima) in May 1992 of inmates imprisoned for terrorism, an …
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 …
The Other Side of History. Sexual Violence Against Men
While women are often the victims of sexual violence, it must not be denied that men can also be victims. In fact, beyond identifying the victims and the crime itself, …
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 …
Yuyaykuna: Memories of Ayacucho
Yuyaykuna expresses the profound feelings of the men and women of the Andes, of those who personally suffered the ill-fated years of war, terror, and death in the eighties and …
Anco, Making Memory
At this moment, although pacification has been achieved, much remains to be done on the path toward justice, reparation, and reconciliation. "Anco, haciendo memoria" (Anco, Making Memory) is a proposal …
So That History Does Not Repeat Itself
In 1980, Sendero Luminoso imposed a fratricidal war in the zone, establishing a corridor from the south of the department of Cajamarca to the north of the department of Ancash. …
State of Fear. Presentation
The film Estado de Miedo is based on the work of the CVR and reveals the human and social cost that results when an unscrupulous government launches an all-out war …
Processing Human Rights Violations in Peru: Characteristics and Difficulties
This document is a diagnosis — always open to improvement and subject to refinements arising from the flow of cases studied — of the ways in which the Peruvian judicial …
Moving Forward. The Long Road of Development and Reconciliation
This publication presents the stories of four communities: Colpas in Huanuco, Ccatun Rumi on the border of Ayacucho and Cusco, Pajarillo in San Martín, and José Carlos Mariátegui in the …
MEMORIES OF RECONCILIATION: PHOTOGRAPHY AND MEMORY IN POSTWAR PERU
This article analyzes the photographic exhibition of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR), Yuyanapaq, and reflects on the role of photography in projects that aim to recover collective …
Perhaps Now Justice
Built on the testimony of victims and family members who directly experienced the cruelty of members of the security forces — who, paradoxically, had an obligation to protect them — …
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. …
The Voice Behind the Numbers. Testimony and Truth in the Commission's Report
The years of internal war lived in Peru have left deep wounds. The report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación is examined as a document in which "the …
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 …
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
POOR ILLITERATES OF INDIGENOUS ORIGIN, THEY WERE MANIPULATED AND OPERATED ON WILLINGLY OR BY FORCE. TODAY THEY MUST FACE THIS TERRIBLE MUTILATION (Poor illiterate women of indigenous origin, they were …
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 …
Among Neighbors. The Internal Armed Conflict and the Politics of Reconciliation in Peru
"As we argue in this text, the rural Quechua-speaking population manages theories both of the etiology of their ailments and of the methods for treating what ails them. Their therapeutic …
The Catholic Church and the CVR Report
A moment of grace to review our Evangelization. The author affirms that a Church in keeping with the Gospel and Catholic doctrine can only support the Report and accept the …
Never So Close Did the Distant Strike. Memory and Political Violence in Peru
This work explores the scenario of violence and the ways in which the memory of Uchuraccay operates — a community that, after the massacre, became an emblematic reference point for …
A Look at the Truth. Perceptions of the Population of Huancavelica on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 2002
Through "Una mirada a la verdad" (A Look at the Truth), we aim to contribute to the work carried out by the CVR and to initiatives that other entities may …
Not to Forget. Testimonies on Political Violence in Peru
In recent decades, Peru has lived through one of the most painful experiences in its republican history: the phenomenon of political violence. During that period, long-standing conflicts were inflamed and …