4 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
As we anticipated in the previous edition, the Ad Hoc Commission's days were numbered because Fujimori had set his sights on it. What better proof that the Commission still had …
469 people have regained their freedom through presidential pardons, following the recommendation of cases by the Ad Hoc Commission and its Technical Secretariat, an body that has just completed three …
We insist: among the thousands of those wanted for terrorism there are many innocent people. If the Ad Hoc Pardons Commission was driven by public opinion to solve the problem …
Just days after the first 31 prisoners unjustly accused of terrorism were released, the Congressional Justice Committee approved a bill extending for another year the validity of the faceless judges …
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In 2002, after an intense campaign, a legal figure was implemented in Peru to free innocent prisoners accused of terrorism and treason. This procedure, known as 'Indulto', allowed the release of more than seven hundred and sixty people who had been unjustly imprisoned. Although the pardon did not recognize their …
By means of Law 27234 of December 15, 2000, the functions and attributions established in Laws 26655 and 26940 were assigned to the National Human Rights Council of the Ministry of Justice. This body continued with the study of pardon requests, proposing the release of 264 innocent persons convicted of …
The Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Case No. 1277-99-AC/TC that established the concept of special or reasoned pardon as a form of recognition of a miscarriage of justice. The ruling stated that it is a sui generis type of benefit, applicable exclusively in cases in which an innocent person …
On June 6, 1998, the President of the Republic granted a pardon to María Magdalena Monteza Benavides through Supreme Resolution Nº105-98-JUS, on the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Commission created by Law 26655. The Commission established a reasonable presumption that María Magdalena Monteza Benavides was not linked to terrorist activities, …
On August 17, 1996, Law 26655 created the Ad-Hoc Commission with the task of evaluating, qualifying and proposing to the President of the Republic, on an exceptional basis, the granting of pardon and the exercise of the right of pardon for innocent people convicted of terrorism and treason. This Commission …
Between 1996 and 1999, the Peruvian State had to pardon 502 people unjustly convicted of terrorism and treason. This was a consequence of the serious errors committed by the system implemented to prosecute the accused, which violated elementary principles of due process. The magnitude of these errors demonstrated the structural …
On June 18, 1993, the Special Terrorism Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima sentenced María Magdalena Monteza Benavides to twenty years imprisonment for the crime of terrorist collaboration, based on the police investigation. On March 11, 1994, the Supreme Court of Justice modified the sentence and sentenced her to …
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