4 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Based on the publication by Jo-Marie Burt, Violence and Authoritarianism in Peru: Under the Shadow of Sendero and the Fujimori Dictatorship (see in the BVGA), the author considers that the …
Political persecution against the IDL: a sign of authoritarianism and of an exclusionary, anti-human rights regime. The Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) has published this statement in which it categorically …
Drawing on recent political processes in Peru — including a civil war and the emergence of a pro-indigenous, ultra-nationalist militarist movement — this essay examines the historical relationship between the …
"The unresolved governance problems faced over the last two decades by both democratic and authoritarian governments in the areas of economic policy, subversion, respect for human rights, and legal and …
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Alberto Fujimori's government enacted anti-terrorist legislation that made it a crime of treason to justify terrorism. This measure was part of a set of anti-terrorist laws implemented during 1992, in the context of the Emergency and National Reconstruction Government established after the April 5 self-coup. The legislation was part of …
Decree Law No. 25446 was enacted, dismissing 133 magistrates of the Judicial Districts of Lima and Callao, including 33 Justices of the Superior Courts of Lima, 8 of Callao, 6 Superior Prosecutors of Lima, 47 Judges of Lima, 29 of Callao and 10 Juvenile Judges of Lima. It also ordered …
Coup d'état by means of which the Fujimori government broke the constitutional order and enacted a series of provisions that tightened the anti-terrorist legislation without contemplating the respect of minimum guarantees of due process. Military prerogatives were extended, expanding its power in emergency zones and in counter-subversive activity, thus expanding …
President Alberto Fujimori staged a coup d'état, dissolving Congress and suspending the Constitution. This event marked a fundamental milestone in the development of the process of violence, generating reforms at both the organizational and legislative levels in the judicial system. The coup was justified by the government as necessary to …
In February 1984, General Huamán denied the recently elected mayor of Ayacucho, Leonor Zamora, the presence of the indigenous population in the open town meeting organized for that month. This decision was part of his strategy of 'isolation' that sought to keep the indigenous population away from possible subversive influences, …