TRUTH COMMISSIONS: FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO THE PERUVIAN COMMISSION

The idea of creating a Truth Commission did not originate in Peru. Many countries that have gone through periods of internal conflict created truth commissions during the transition to try to address the recovery of historical memory, of a certain truth about the facts frequently manipulated by the authority of the moment, to confront justice (Is the new regime responsible for the crimes committed by the previous one? Is the current judicial system capable of achieving this objective of justice?) and to achieve national reconciliation. The anti-subversive policy applied by the Peruvian State, as well as the political violence developed by Sendero Luminoso and the Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA), led from the early 1980s to a culture of human rights violations and impunity that continues to leave its mark on the country.