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 International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was established by the United Nations Security Council to try those allegedly responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991. This tribunal recognized sexual violence as a crime against humanity and as torture, …
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Yesterday the Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (of which I am a member) and Demus announced at a press conference that prosecutor Marcelita Gutiérrez decided to extend the investigation into …
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 …
This collection of testimonies gathered and selected by the author during his time in Ayacucho between 1987 and 1991, in the midst of the internal armed conflict, constitutes a valuable …
This book seeks to bring readers closer to the memory universes that Edilberto Jiménez, with singular mastery and sensitivity, has managed to shape in each of his retablos over many …
The research presented by the author is based on the finding that sexual violence during the internal armed conflict was not an isolated event, but rather reveals an exercise of …
This publication presents a series of articles related to the process of truth, justice, and reparation involving victims of the period of violence that occurred in Peru between 1980 and …
This case study book, under the intellectual leadership of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), sheds light on …
This effort focuses on a fundamental aspect: gathering the voices of indigenous women from the central jungle who were victims of violence between 1980 and 2000. It should be noted …
The first chapter of the document contains "The problem of sexual violence in the internal armed conflict"; the second chapter contains "The identification of cases and problems during the preliminary …
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 …
With this book, the Study for the Defense of Women's Rights (DEMUS) seeks to make a contribution to the processes of justice and reparation for cases of human rights violations …
This article won first place in the NATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARDS CVR+5, organized by the Consejo de Prensa Peruana and the citizen movement Para que no se repita. It recounts gripping …
One of the main findings of this body was to highlight the differentiated impact of violence on women, which manifested primarily in the sexual violence they suffered. Using the data …
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 …
"It is becoming increasingly difficult and slower to implement the CVR's recommendations, especially on the issues of prosecution and implementation of institutional reforms. Five years have passed since the Comisión …
This report is part of the book "Monitoring Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict in Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru" published by CLADEM.
This publication gathers the captivating history of the Asociación Nacional de Familiares de Secuestrados, Detenidos, y Desaparecidos del Perú (ANFASEP), but also includes the testimonies of its leaders, mostly courageous …
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 …
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, …
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 …
During the internal armed conflict, not all human rights violations were publicly denounced with the same vigor. Human rights protection organizations/institutions placed greater emphasis on defending the right to life …
The Latin American region, during this century, has been affected by various armed conflicts, both international and internal. However, there is scarce literature on theory and indicators about how these …
This book aims to be a renewed contribution by the Centro Internacional para la Justicia Transicional (ICTJ) to efforts in favor of consolidating democracy in Peru. For several years, our …
This book analyzes not only what happened during the Peruvian internal armed conflict from a gender perspective, but also puts forward proposals for building an integrated country that does not …
Through this publication, the aim is to make visible how internal armed conflicts affect men and women differently, highlighting sexual violence, and particularly rape, of which women are victims, especially …
Sexual violence during the Peruvian armed conflict is one of many stories of violence suffered by Peruvian women in periods before and after the conflict. Sexual violence in the armed …
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 CVR's findings are striking, and the nine voluminous volumes of the report document the development of the violence process, the actors in the conflict, the crimes and human rights …
The number of cases reported for sexual violence between 1980 and 2000, involving military, police, and subversive personnel, was undoubtedly minimal in relation to what is known today. Despite this, …
Hatun Willakuy reproduces the main ideas and findings of the Report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR). It was prepared by the CVR's Handover Commission, commissioned by …
Examining the jurisprudence in its entirety reveals significant gaps where the law systematically fails to protect women, and also shows how the broad guarantees of international human rights instruments have …
Statistical information on human rights violations: their impact on women. Sexual violence: review of case files from the documentary collection transferred by the Ministerio Público to the Defensoría del Pueblo. …
This book brings together the chapters of the CVR's Final Report dealing with aggressions against women, with the aim of promoting reflection on the severity of the suffering endured by …
The purpose of this work is to analyze to what extent the ethnic and gender affiliations of the populations affected by the violence influenced the way they experienced it and …
This work seeks to understand how the demands of groups centered on sexual difference were (or were not) able to become the subject of public policy under an authoritarian regime, …
"Everything I answered was the truth, but those men insulted me, saying words no one had ever said to me in my life. They grabbed me by the hair and …
The testimonies gathered in this publication reveal the magnitude of the human pain carried by the relatives of the disappeared, and the marks that absence and inexplicable, unanswered void have …
On the occasion of the publication of the second edition of the book "Memoria y batallas en nombre de los inocentes. Perú, 1992–2001," the Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) published …
The work consists of four chapters. The first addresses the socioeconomic context of Ayacucho before and after the emergence of violence. The second chapter describes the socioeconomic and cultural characteristics …
This is an analysis of human rights abuses in Peru that reveals a glaring omission: abuses against women barely figure in most reports, including those published by Americas Watch. The …
This work discusses the relationship between the Catholic Christian message and the situation of peasant families who were forced to leave their place of origin due to the political violence …
