On August 14, 1985, 69 peasants from the Ayacuchan district of Accomarca were extrajudicially executed in the area known as LLoccllapampa by military personnel belonging to the Political-Military Command of …
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2653 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
The Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) was tasked with investigating the crimes and human rights violations perpetrated from 1980 through the end of the conflict as a result …
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 …
On the occasion of the ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the "Barrios Altos" case, this recognized Peruvian constitutionalist publishes this work, which consists of the following …
The CVR. After two years of intensive work, the CVR presented its Final Report to the Peruvian nation on August 28, 2003. It reveals the true magnitude of the internal …
A monographic study carried out at the Faculty of Humanities of the Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina, in which the author attempts to demonstrate that the armed movement led by …
The allegations of forced sterilizations made by various women and organizations in Peru over these years take on special significance in the efforts of a group of twelve Quechua-speaking peasant …
Following the agrarian reform (1969–1975), it has become increasingly difficult in the Peruvian case to precisely delineate a rural youth and even a rural society with a specific structure and …
Barrios Altos and La Cantuta are the cases that could put former President Fujimori behind bars. Most Peruvians know fragments of what happened — broken accounts, painful images — but …
The rondas campesinas play a fundamental role in the exercise of Communal Justice, as recognized by Article 149 of the Political Constitution itself. However, in everyday language, other organizations are …
La Consejería en Proyectos/Project Counselling Service (PCS) is an international organization focused on accompaniment, advocacy, and cooperation that since its founding in 1979 has centered its work on the defense …
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The Misioneras Dominicas del Rosario, since 1943, have contributed to the development, progress, and well-being of the people of Ayacucho, responding in a timely manner to the most pressing needs …
When we remember the military dictatorship we lived through in Argentina, we think of the disappeared, the economic boom ("plata dulce"), the Falklands War, etc. What many people do not …
According to this book, Peru's Armed Forces have been unjustly accused by the CVR and NGOs for the atrocities committed between 1980 and 2000. Quote from the book: "The biased …
Alberto Fujimori and his former ministers Marino Costa Bauer, Alejandro Aguinaga, and Eduardo Yong Motta are charged before the Primer Juzgado Penal Nacional as indirect perpetrators of the alleged commission …
Criminal complaint formally filed by the Segunda Fiscalía Penal Supraprovincial against Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, Eduardo Yong Motta, Ricardo Luis Costa Bauer, Alejandro Aguinaga, Ulises Jorge Aguilar, Segundo Aliaga Pideno, Octavio …
The Idehpucp, together with Abogados sin Fronteras – Canadá, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, Fundación para el Debido Proceso, Clinique internationale de défense des droits humains, …
The Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica (Idehpucp), the Fundación para el Debido Proceso (DPLF), and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) of …
Human Rights organizations and relatives of victims of the internal conflict commemorated today, August 28, the 15th Anniversary of the delivery of the CVR report, paying a heartfelt tribute to …
Following the release of the resolution by the Supreme Preparatory Investigation Court declaring the humanitarian pardon to former president Alberto Fujimori inapplicable, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights assured …
Full text of the resolution annulling the pardon granted to Alberto Fujimori Fujimori. Published on October 3, 2018.
The pardon of Alberto Fujimori should never have been granted because it did not comply with internal procedures and violates the ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Corte …
Peru's Supreme Court annulled this Wednesday the pardon granted to former Peruvian president (1990-2000) and ordered his return to prison. Former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) had granted him this …
The Fujimori case took another twist with the annulment of the pardon. This once again exposed the bitter rivalry between Keiko and Kenji. This entire saga could well inspire a …
The Government of Peru announced that it will comply with the judicial ruling that today annulled the humanitarian pardon granted to former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) and ordered his arrest …
Peruvian justice today put an end to the freedom that octogenarian former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori had enjoyed since the past Christmas, by annulling the controversial pardon that had been …
The judicial annulment of the pardon granted to former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) restores justice and prevents impunity for the crimes committed by the former president, said three special …
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) today (October 5, 2018) welcomed the annulment of the pardon granted to former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), who was sentenced to 25 …
President of the Republic Martín Vizcarra stated that the decision of the Judiciary declaring the humanitarian pardon granted to former president Alberto Fujimori Fujimori inadmissible must be respected. He recalled …
The Preparatory Investigation Court of the Supreme Court, presided over by judge Hugo Núñez Julca, granted the request by the civil party not to apply the humanitarian pardon in favor …
Alberto Fujimori will return to prison. Peru's Supreme Court annulled this Wednesday the pardon granted to the 80-year-old autocrat, who had received the grace on Christmas night last year from …
A setback for the pardon of former president Alberto Fujimori, granted by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. The Judiciary annulled this morning the humanitarian pardon granted to Fujimori and ordered his immediate …
The Ombudsman's Office warned that former president Alberto Fujimori is barred from participating in public events or political affairs, since doing so would demonstrate that his health condition does not …
Three months before the pardon of Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski received the former president's son. He did so shortly after announcing another cabinet, forced at that time …
The climate of outrage over the pardon granted on Christmas Eve by Peruvian president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to former president (1990-2000) Alberto Fujimori was reflected in four manifestos signed by …
Document that provides a normative and jurisprudential assessment of the pardon and right of grace granted to Alberto Fujimori in December 2018. Among its main conclusions, it identifies the insufficient …
International human rights organizations and Peruvian civil society organizations issue a statement regarding the decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Corte IDH) determining that the pardon granted to …
The Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) welcomes the scope of Ombudsman's Report No. 177 on the "Pardon and right of grace granted to former president Alberto Fujimori" and highlights …
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) urged the Peruvian State today to revoke the humanitarian pardon and the right of grace granted to convicted former president Alberto Fujimori. According …
The Internal Armed Conflict in Peru left more than 69,000 people killed and disappeared, both by subversive groups and by the Armed Forces. The CVR's final report recorded the identity …
The Justice sector identified, by name, more than 20,000 persons who disappeared between 1980 and 2000. The registry will be publicly accessible and will serve to continue the search for …
Informational brochure published by the General Directorate for the Search of Disappeared Persons of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Peru, explaining what the work of the National …
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Peru presented the first base list of the National Registry of Disappeared Persons and Burial Sites (RENADE), compiled by the General Directorate …
The number of persons who disappeared during the internal armed conflict experienced between 1980 and 2000 rose to 20,329, according to the first official list of victims released by the …
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