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The period of political violence and the fight against terrorism left very deep wounds in Peruvian society. The violence affected everyone, including the actors of the justice system, who were …
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The pro-government Constitutional bill was ratified in the referendum of October 31, 1993 with a very narrow margin - 52% against 48% who voted NO. The bill included immediate presidential reelection and the extension of the death penalty to cases of treason or terrorism.
The government of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori called for elections for a Constituent Congress, achieving a pro-government majority in the process. This call took place in the context of the self-coup of April 5, 1992, when Fujimori dissolved the National Congress and reorganized the Judicial Power. The aim of the Constituent …
On April 10, 1992, President Fujimori staged a coup d'état. The Episcopal Conference issued a communiqué regretting the breakdown of the constitutional and legal order and urging its prompt reestablishment. On June 6, the bishops published the document 'A new Peru, a task for all', calling for the reestablishment of …
On April 6, 1992, one day after the coup d'état perpetrated by Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, the new cabinet was sworn in under the presidency of Oscar de la Puente Raygada. That same day, in the first session of the ministerial cabinet, the new president of the Council of Ministers read …
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 …
Alberto Fujimori executed a self-coup d'état, calling his government the Government of Emergency and National Reconstruction. This political act sought to consolidate his power and present himself as the leader capable of defeating terrorism and pulling Peru out of the economic, political, social and moral crisis. The self-coup was part …
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 …