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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Ana María Vidal on Forced Sterilizations: The Silence Benefits Keiko
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 …
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 …
Twenty-Five Stories Not to Forget
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 …
Universes of Memory. An Approach to the Retablos of Edilberto Jiménez on Political Violence
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 …
Life Plans of Women Victims of Sexual Violence in the Internal Armed Conflict
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 …
Topics in Criminal Law and Human Rights Violations
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 …
And What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations
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 …
Voices of the Women of the Central Jungle. Testimonies of Indigenous Women During the Internal Armed Conflict
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 …
Protocol for the Investigation of Cases of Sexual Rape in the Internal Armed Conflict
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 …
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 …
Recognizing Other Forms of Knowledge. Community Mental Health, Justice and Reparation
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 …
From Pain and Truth
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 …
The Reparations Process for Women Victims of Sexual Violence during the Internal Conflict in Peru
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 …
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 …
5 Years after the Delivery of the CVR Report. Women: Still Invisible Victims of the Armed Conflict in Peru
"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 …
SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ARMED CONFLICT: National Report of Peru
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.
How long will your silence last?
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 …
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 …
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 …
Human Pain. An Exploratory Study on the Influence of Rape on the Lives of Women from Ayacucho Violated During the Non-International Armed Conflict
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 …
Monitoring Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict. In Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru
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 …
The Legacy of Truth. Criminal Justice in the Peruvian Transition
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 …
Questions of gender and power in the armed conflict in Peru
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 …
Let Us Put an End to Impunity. Sexual Violence Against Women in Armed Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations in Latin America
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 …
Reflections on the legal framework on sexual violence before, during and after the Peruvian internal armed conflict.
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 …
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 Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Peru and a Gender Perspective: Main Achievements and Findings
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 …
Warmikuna Yuyariniku. Violence Against Women During the Internal Armed Conflict
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: abridged version of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Peru.
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 …
Our Bodies. Redefining Justice
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 …
POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN PERU: 1980–1996. AN APPROACH FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
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. …
Abusaruwanku. Rape of Women: Silence and Impunity
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 …
Violence, Gender, and Ethnicity
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 …
Dark Path. Sexuality and Violence in Peru in the 1990s
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, …
Memory of Horror. Testimonies of Women Affected by Violence
"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 Voices of the Disappeared: Testimony of Family Members
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 …
Memory and Battles in the Name of the Innocent: Peru 1992-2001.
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 …
Changes in peasant family relations following political violence and the new role of women
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 …
Untold terror: violence against women in the Peruvian armed conflict
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 …
Solidarity Campaign with the Displaced Brothers and Sisters Who Are Victims of Violence
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 …