Amnesty Laws Consolidate Impunity for Human Rights Violations
A constant pattern of widespread and systematic human rights violations has been plaguing Peru for more than a decade. Human rights violations committed by security forces occur in the context of extensive abuses perpetrated by clandestine armed groups. In mid-1995, the Peruvian authorities took a step toward the "institutionalization of impunity" by guaranteeing its inclusion in the legal order. On June 14, 1995, Congress approved Law 26,479, the first article of which granted a general amnesty to all members of the security forces and to all civilians who had been reported, investigated, prosecuted, tried, or convicted for human rights violations committed between May 1980 and June 15, 1995.
Referenced in events
- Detention and torture of witness in the Uchuraccay case
- Approval of amnesty laws
- Approval of General Amnesty Law
- Promulgation of Amnesty Law 26479
- General Amnesty Law for military personnel
- Approval of General Amnesty Law 26479 by Congress
- Approval of unconstitutional amnesty laws
- Promulgation of Amnesty Law 26479
- Promulgation of Law 26492 against diffuse control
- Approval of the Amnesty Interpretative Law 26492