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.
Decree Law 25744, enacted in Peru, established an unconstitutional extension of the police detention period for the crimes of terrorism and treason. This law allowed the Peruvian National Police to preventively detain suspects for more than fifteen days, with the possibility of extending the term, which was criticized for violating …
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Since the beginning of its functions in 1996, the Defensoría del Pueblo has noted that the regulatory design of Military Justice in our country presented compatibility problems with constitutional requirements …
In Peru, one of the institutions that exercise jurisdictional functions is the military tribunals which, according to the Constitution, intervene when members of the Armed Forces and the National Police …
The criminal situation of Lori Berenson, the American woman accused of participating in the MRTA, has grown more complicated in recent days. The on-site inspection carried out last Friday ended …