Testimony on humiliation and devaluation during political violence
Testimony collected in Huánuco in October 2002 documenting experiences of humiliation and devaluation during the internal armed conflict. The testimony illustrates how the attacks generated feelings of profound humiliation and affected personal dignity.
Testimony documenting experiences of humiliation and devaluation during the internal armed conflict. The testimony is part of a section of the TRC report that analyzes attacks on individuals, their families, communities, institutions, values and forms of organization, which in addition to arousing fear and pain, generated feelings of profound humiliation. The testimony illustrates the destructive message that people's lives are worthless, considered as the greatest affront to dignity and self-respect. The specific reference appears in the context of testimonies about the extreme degree of suffering as a wound to personal identity.