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 Peruvian State ratified the Rome Statute through Supreme Decree No. 79-2001-RE dated October 5, 2001, which was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on October 9, 2001. The Rome Statute, adopted by the international community in 1998, created the International Criminal Court and entered into force for the …
The Peruvian State ratified through Supreme Decree No. 078-2001-RE the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. These protocols specifically refer to the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, and the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. The decree was published in the Official …
The Peruvian State ratified the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties through Supreme Decree 029-2000-RE dated September 14, 2000, which was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on September 21, 2000. This Convention establishes fundamental principles of international law, including articles 27 and 53, which establish that …
The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, known as the Convention of Belem do Para, was approved by the Peruvian State through Legislative Resolution 26583 dated March 22, 1996. This convention was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on March 25, 1996. The …
The Peruvian State approved the Convention on the Rights of the Child through Legislative Resolution 25 278 dated August 3, 1990. This convention was adopted by the UN in 1989 and represents an international instrument for the protection of human rights specifically oriented to children. The resolution was published in …
The two Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, adopted on June 8, 1977, entered into force for Peru on January 14, 1990. Peru had deposited the instruments of ratification of both protocols on July 14, 1989. These protocols are part of International Humanitarian Law and establish …
The Peruvian State approved the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment through Legislative Resolution 24815 dated May 24, 1988. This resolution was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on May 25, 1988. The approval of this international convention represented a formal commitment of …
The Peruvian State approved the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (adopted by the UN in 1979) through Legislative Resolution No. 23432 dated June 4, 1982. This convention is one of the main international instruments for the protection of human rights ratified by Peru. The …
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) was approved by the Peruvian State through Decree Law 22128 dated March 28, 1978. Subsequently, it was ratified together with its Optional Protocol (I) by Title VIII, General and Transitory Provision XVI of the Political Constitution of 1979. The Instrument of …
The American Convention on Human Rights (OAS, 1969) was ratified by the Peruvian State through the Political Constitution of Peru of 1979, in the Sixteenth of its General and Transitory Provisions. This ratification expressly included Articles 45 and 62, referring to the competence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights …
The Peruvian State approved the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid through Decree Law 22 280 of September 5, 1978. This convention was adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 1973. The approval of this international instrument is part of the normative framework of …
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN, 1966) was approved in Peru by Decree Law 22129 dated March 28, 1978. This international instrument was subsequently ratified by Title VIII, General and Transitory Provision XVI of the Political Constitution of 1979. The Pact is one of the main …
The 1966 UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) was approved by the Peruvian State through Decree Law 22128 dated March 28, 1978. This covenant was subsequently ratified together with its Optional Protocol (I) by Title VIII, General and Transitory Provision XVI of the Political Constitution of 1979. …
The Peruvian State approved the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by Decree Law 18969 on September 21, 1971. This convention was originally adopted by the UN in 1965. The approval of this international instrument is part of the normative framework of human rights that …
The Peruvian State approved the four Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949 through Legislative Resolution No. 12412 dated October 31, 1955. These conventions entered into force for Peru on August 15, 1956. The four Geneva Conventions refer to: wounded and sick members of the Armed Forces in the field (I), …
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