Human_Rights_Peru

Human Rights Peru Human Rights Country Report: Peru I chose to do this report on Peru in light of the recent “Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report” that was made public on August 28, 2003. The Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed on the 13th of September 2001, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (letter attached) informing them on some changes and the formal implementation of this commission whose goal it is: “to bring to light the process, events and responsibilities involved in the terrorist violence and violations of human rights which took place from May 1980 to November 2000, committed both by terrorist organizations and by State agents, and to propose initiatives to strengthen peace and harmony among Peruvians; That one of the essential aims of the Commission is to lay the foundations for a profound process of national reconciliation by shedding light on the facts and re-establishing justice.” The Commission’s report declares that the armed internal conflict of this 20 year period was the most intense, expanded and prolonged in the entire history of The Republic of Peru. 68,280 people died victims to violence, this estimate surpasses the amount of peru, report, rights, human, reconciliation, la, de, society, committee, commission, truth, que, peruvian, one, nations, las, guaranteeing, en, el, covenant, articles, violence, violations, united, three, state, right, points, personal, national, must, light, international, important