Sexual Violence and Justice in Postconflict Peru
Categories: Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, Economic Participation, Human Development, Mass Atrocities, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Peru
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Year: 2012
Citation: Boesten, Jelke and Melissa Fisher. "Sexual Violence and Justice in Postconflict Peru." United States Institute of Peace. June 2012.
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, Economic Participation, Human Development, Mass Atrocities, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Peru
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Year: 2012
Citation: Boesten, Jelke and Melissa Fisher. "Sexual Violence and Justice in Postconflict Peru." United States Institute of Peace. June 2012.
Executive Summary
This report informs the international community on the continuum of sexual violence in Peru, current legal practices in domestic courts, and the barriers that victim-survivors face in seeking justice. The recommendations are based on testimonies from victim-survivors of the internal conflict between Shining Path and the counterinsurgency in the 1980s and 1990s.