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THE JUDICIALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN PERU
The Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) was tasked with investigating the crimes and human rights violations perpetrated from 1980 through the end of the conflict as a result …
Judicial Resolution Issued by the National Criminal Chamber on the Pativilca Case
Judicial ruling issued by the Sala Penal Nacional in the Pativilca case, resolving that the humanitarian pardon of former President Alberto Fujimori does not apply, and therefore he is not …
Final Judgment: The Verdict in the Tarata Case Marks a Fundamental Milestone in the Fight Against Terror
Yesterday, Panel A of the National Criminal Court found 10 of the 12 terrorists (the reading of Moïsés Límaco's sentence was suspended because he is outside the country, while Elizabeth …
Public Prosecutor's Office Requests Consolidation of Pativilca and Ventocilla Cases
Senior prosecutor Daniel Jara requested that Panel B of the Sala Penal Nacional consolidate the Pativilca and Ventocilla cases due to the same suspects being involved in both judicial proceedings. …
Fujimori Barred from Leaving the Country Over the Pativilca Massacre
The Poder Judicial issued a travel ban against former President Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000) in connection with the Pativilca massacre that occurred in 1992, carried out by the "Colina" group made …
Alberto Fujimori: The 4 Key Points for Understanding the Pativilca Case
Former President Alberto Fujimori will be tried for the indirect perpetration of the murder of six peasants at the hands of the paramilitary group Colina in the district of Pativilca …
The Judiciary Denies Fujimori a Pardon for the Pativilca Massacre Trial
Panel B of the Sala Penal Nacional, led by Judge Miluska Cano, ordered today that former President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori be tried as a defendant in the Pativilca massacre, in …
Peru: A Tribunal Orders Fujimori to Stand Trial for Another 1992 Massacre
A Peruvian court ordered that former President Alberto Fujimori be tried for the massacre of six people in 1992, ruling that he lacks immunity despite having been pardoned and granted …
Alberto Fujimori: The Pativilca Massacre, the Crime for Which the Former President May Now Be Tried
The Chilean Supreme Court today approved the expansion of the extradition of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, who can now be tried by the justice system for crimes against humanity …
Pativilca Case: The Tragic Episode That Led to the Extension of Alberto Fujimori's Extradition
Among the crimes committed by former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, the case of the nine students and the professor from La Cantuta, and that of the victims from the Barrios …
El Frontón Case: Judiciary Considers It a Crime Against Humanity
The alleged crimes of aggravated homicide in the form of murder with ferocity and by explosion, for which 35 former naval officers are being prosecuted in the El Frontón Case, …
Prosecutorial Charges in the El Frontón Massacre Could Reach Alan García
After 26 years and 6 months since the El Frontón massacre, the Public Ministry files a criminal indictment and proposes an oral trial in this case at the level of …
Guzmán Ordered the Murder of Peasants in Soras
The Judiciary is prosecuting Abimael Guzmán and his Senderista central political committee for having ordered in 1984 the violent execution of 104 peasants from the Ayacucho district of Soras who …
The Dead Man Who Speaks
Just days before the verdict is announced in the alleged murder of MRTA militants who seized the Japanese ambassador's residence in December 1996, the case of Eduardo Cruz Sánchez continues …
Ombudsman's Office: Crimes of the Colina Group Are Crimes Against Humanity
A legal report prepared by experts from the Defensoría del Pueblo, which dismantles the thesis of the Sala Villa Stein, was submitted to the Poder Judicial and to the Inter-American …
Human Rights Prosecutor Is Denounced
The human rights, enforced disappearances, and exhumations prosecutor of Ayacucho, Cristina Pilar Olazábal Ochoa, was reported for alleged malfeasance after accusing President Alan García as indirect perpetrator of the massacre …
Prosecutor Issues Charges Against 29 Soldiers Accused of Murdering 69 Peasants from Accomarca
Requests 25 years in prison for the perpetrators of an execrable crime and 14 million soles in reparations for victims. The prosecutor of the third superior criminal chamber of Lima, …
Delay in Extradition of Perpetrator of Accomarca Massacre Denounced
The Peruvian Government is delaying 'alarmingly' the extradition proceedings to Peru of former Peruvian Army non-commissioned officer David Eduardo Castañeda Castillo, one of those responsible for the Accomarca massacre, denounced …
Ayacucho Prosecutor's Office Will Reveal How 26 Peasants Died in 1984
A military incursion into the community of Huarapite, district of Chiara in Ayacucho, on April 5, 1984, left 26 people dead. Twenty-five years later, the Segunda Fiscalía Penal Supraprovincial de …
Final for the Grandstand
"People were no longer asking how you were, but who had been murdered," recalled former president Alberto Fujimori in a passage of his self-defense begun on Wednesday the 1st. He …
PROSECUTOR CHARGES 29 SOLDIERS IN THE ACCOMARCA CASE
The legal representation of the victims' families asked the president of the national criminal chamber to expedite the issuance of his ruling so that the oral trial could begin as …
THE FURY OF SATOMI AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DECLINE OF FUJIMORISMO
Despite the magnitude of those "crimes against humanity" and the well-deserved 25-year prison sentence against the defendant mentioned above, the sanction for "immaterial damages and compensatory payments" to the families …
Military Justice and Judicial Independence in Peru: Regulations, Jurisprudence, and the Work of the Ombudsman's Office
Since the beginning of its functions in 1996, the Defensoría del Pueblo has noted that the regulatory design of Military Justice in our country presented compatibility problems with constitutional requirements …
The Rage of the Right Wing - Opinion Column
The 25-year sentence handed down to Alberto Fujimori is not only a masterpiece of law and logic, a mental construction of impeccable clarity and an irrefutable chain of facts, documents, …
They Denounce Government Delay in the Extradition of Those Guilty of the Accomarca Massacre
On the 24th anniversary of the Accomarca massacre (Ayacucho), in which 69 people were killed by the Ejército Peruano, the bereaved and survivors have yet to find justice, denounced a …
The Supreme Court Stakes Its Reputation
The president of the Supreme Court, Javier Villa Stein, traveled to Washington this week to respond to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights regarding alleged delays in cases brought to …
Relatives of Putis Massacre Still Demand Justice
Despite eight years having passed since the Ministerio Público began investigations into the Putis massacre, which occurred in 1984 in Ayacucho, the Fiscalía Penal Supranacional of that region has not …
MINDEF Must Hand Over Records on the Putis Case
The lawyer for the families of the victims of the Putis massacre (1984), Milton Campos, called it unacceptable that the Ministerio de Defensa (MINDEF) refuses to hand over the roster …
46% of Provinces Without Public Defenders
According to a study by the NGO Ciudadanos al Día (CAD), based on information from the Ministerio de Justicia, as of July 2009, 46% of the provinces of Puno have …
THE DEMOCRATIC VALUE OF A REASONED VERDICT
The sentence against Abimael Guzmán handed down by the Sala Suprema Antiterrorista chaired by Pablo Talavera demonstrates that it is possible to confront, in a democracy and within the rule …
Trial of Fujimori. Subjectivities, Denial and the Power Game
In the six interviews contained in this book, you will be able to read the opinions of psychologists who report on certain psychosocial aspects they observe in the trial of …
Access to Justice for Women Victims of Violence in the Americas
Women who are victims of violence do not achieve prompt, timely, and effective access to judicial remedies when they report the events they have suffered. For this reason, the vast …
Fujimori Criticized for Blaming the Army for Crimes
"It is a great act of impudence, because the (paramilitary) Colina group was not a creation of the Armed Forces — it came from other quarters — so these are …
Serious Dangers to Human Rights. Eleven Decrees of Alan García's Government
"On July 22, 2007, eleven Legislative Decrees were published, announced as an effective mechanism to combat organized crime. In reality, an examination of these norms reflects rather the intention to …
Crime of Terrorism: The Abimael Guzmán Reynoso Case
On October 13, 2006, the National Criminal Court issued a ruling in Consolidated Case No. 560-03. This case involved the trial of several dozen murders and acts of sabotage perpetrated …
The Importance of Delivering Justice: A Brief Assessment of the Human Rights Criminal Subsystem
The political process that gave rise to the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) had in the need for justice one of its most outstanding aspects. This was not …
Processing Human Rights Violations in Peru: Characteristics and Difficulties
This document is a diagnosis — always open to improvement and subject to refinements arising from the flow of cases studied — of the ways in which the Peruvian judicial …
"Feliciano" Under Pressure
Óscar Ramírez Durand, 'Feliciano,' entered the hearing room at the Callao Naval Base with his head held high on the morning of last Monday the 26th. He greeted his former …
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Peru
After the fall of the dictatorial government of Fujimori, Valentín Paniagua, president of the transitional government, approved the establishment of the Comisión de la Verdad, entrusting it with the task …
More Than 50,000! Terrorism Warrants
According to police statistics, in Peru today there are more than 550,000 active arrest warrants issued by various branches of the Judiciary. This figure, as alarming as it is staggering, …
The Role of Truth Commissions in the Formation of Historical Memory: Construction of a Narrative?
INTRODUCTION. 1. THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF TRUTH COMMISSIONS. 2. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRUTH COMMISSIONS. 3. SIMILAR EXPERIENCES IN COLOMBIA. 4. CONCLUSIONS.
The Man Who Betrayed Abimael
On Friday the 5th, the trial of Abimael Guzmán and the main leaders of Sendero Luminoso (SL) begins, in connection with the case of the Academia César Vallejo. As may …
The Inventory of a Murderer
The publicity display put on by Abimael Guzmán and his co-defendants during the first hearing of the trial related to the César Vallejo academy left no room for doubt: the …
The Hour Has Come. Peruvian Democracy Confronts Abimael Guzmán
On November 5, the trial against Abimael Guzmán and the Shining Path leadership is set to begin, after the Tribunal Constitucional (TC) annulled in January 2003 the convictions for crimes …
The Course of the Process
Two people who claimed not to know each other, Abimael Guzmán and Víctor Zavala, were very effusive with one another. The latter, a member of the Comité de Socorro Popular …
LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO. 927 REGULATING THE ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES FOR TERRORISM OFFENSES
President Toledo signs this decree to facilitate the action of the Poder Judicial in terrorism cases.
"Anti-Terrorism" Legislation and Its Effects: A Pending Task of the Transition to Democracy
Since April 1992, when "anti-terrorism" legislation came into force in Peru, Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern over the fact that hundreds of people have been charged with false …