REPORT
of the National Coordinator for Human Rights
HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PERU
IN 1997APPENDICES
SITUATION OF INNOCENT PERSONS ACCUSED OF TERRORISM AND/OR TREASON
(cases handled by Coordinator member organizations, 1992-1997)
Absent 29
Sentenced 213
Not Sentenced 359
Free 981
DEATHS AS A RESULT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE Selective Assassinations 95
Extrajudicial Executions 2
Other Deaths 5
From Explosives 8
Armed Confrontations 72
Cause Unknown 2
VICTIMS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN 1997 (injury/death)
Injured 69
Dead 184
DEATHS AS A RESULT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN 1997
Police Armed Forces
16
39
Peasants/Indigenous Urban Residents
Members of Peasant Defense Patrols
Government Authorities
Employees/Workers
Peasant Leaders
Urban Neighborhood Leaders
Business Owners/Merchants
Priests
18
35
9
1
8
4
1
1
1
Subversives - Shining Path Subversives - MRTA
Subversives - Unidentified
36
14
1
Total 184
DEATHS AS A RESULT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE (months)
January 10
July 20
February 22
August 17
March 10
September 26
April 21
October 16
May 8
November 11
June 6
December 17
ARMED CONFRONTATIONS IN 1997 (victims)
Armed Forces 13
Civilians 9
Subversives 50
ATTACKS WITH EXPLOSIVES (victims)
Injured 28
Dead 8
DEATHS AS A RESULT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE 1991-1997
1991 3,087
1992 2,893
1993 1,315
1994 640
1995 527
1996 292
1997 184
SELECTIVE ASSASSINATIONS AND DEATHS IN ATTACKS WITH EXPLOSIVES 1991-1997
1991 1,207
1992 1,156
1993 584
1994 276
1995 259
1996 146
1997 103
DEATHS IN ARMED CONFRONTATIONS 1991-1997
1991 1,781
1992 1,313
1993 634
1994 314
1995 250
1996 131
1997 72
EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS 1991-1997
1991 99
1992 142
1993 35
1994 39
1995 1
1996 3
1997 2
APPENDIX 2
OBLIGATORY MILITARY SERVICE AND FORCED RECRUITMENT
THE MILITARY SERVICE LAW
Obligatory Military Service is regulated by Legislative Decree No. 264 of November 8, 1983, and Supreme Decree 072-84-ICM of November 16, 1984. Both laws set the age of eligibility for military service as 18 and 50 years of age for men and between 18 and 45 years of age for women. Minors become eligible for service on January 1 of the year in which they turn 17. The law also states that males can serve in the military from the age of 16 if they have the authorization of their parents or guardians in written form.
REGISTRATION, SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT
What does the law say?
According to the law, registration for Obligatory Military Service must be done personally, between January 2 and March 1 of the year in which adolescents turn 17 in the case of males and between April 1 and June 30 in the case females. Everyone, without exception, must register in the recruiting offices that are located around the country.
Once registered, youths must take eligibility examinations to determine if they are fit to carry out military service. Once classified as fit, they are eligible to participate in a lottery in which recruits are chosen by chance and according to the needs of the armed services. The lottery determines who will enter the Armed Forces and the dates when they must report. Those who are not selected through the lottery remain eligible for service.
What happens in practice?
Youth who register, take eligibility examinations, and participate in the lottery find out that they have been are eligible or even selected at the moment that they go to recruitment offices to exchange their "military ticket" for their military identification card. The present system has created a climate of insecurity and lack of confidence on the part of young people in regards to how individuals selected for military service.
This practice constitutes a form of violence against young people, a vulnerable sector of society.
What do we suggest?
We consider:
1. That youth that have been declared eligible should be chosen for military service in a public lottery so that they can be fully confident that, in fact, any youth can be chosen for military service.
2. That, in the case of youth chosen in the lottery, the date and place where they should report should be:
a. Published in a daily newspaper which has a national circulation
b. Notification should be sent to the homes of each person chosen.
In this way, the surprise of youth who find out they have been chosen for military service when they pick up their military identification document can be avoided.
DURATION OF MILITARY SERVICE
What does the law say?
According to the law, active service lasts no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months (article 56 of Legislative Decree No. 264).
What happens in practice?
Youth chosen for active service are classified according to the amount of education they have received, that is, those youth that have not finished high school serve up to 24 months and those youth that have finished high school serve only 12 months.
This type of classification constitutes cultural discrimination since there is differentiation of a form not specified in the law and, as a result, the personal and social situation of the young people chosen for military service is violently affected
What do we suggest?
We consider:
1. That a fixed period of time should be set for Obligatory Military Service so as to eliminate the possibility for further abuses and discrimination by the Armed Forces in regard to the time that youth spend carrying out their military service.
2. That the maximum duration of military service should be 12 months during which young people should learn a trade as part of their service to their country.
TRAINING IN MILITARY SERVICE
What does the law say?
According to the law, Obligatory Military Service constitutes an honor and a patriotic obligation which all Peruvians have to participate in national defense... One of its principal objectives is that Peruvians of military age carry out civic actions, contributing to the development of the country.
What happens in practice?
Youth chosen for active service are trained in the use of arms and in security matters without taking into consideration the possibility and necessity of their having learned a particular trade or skill by the time they leave military service.
What do we suggest?
We consider that:
1. A policy should be established that during military service youth can receive technical training in different trades which will permit those who carry out military service to have different training alternatives that complement the military training which they must receive.
2. At the same time, as they are taught a trade, different types of cooperation can be developed with civilian institutions with the goal to give youth the possibility to carry out apprenticeships in civilian entities.
FORCED RECRUITMENT AS A DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE THAT VIOLATES THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF YOUTH
The discriminatory enforcement of the Obligatory Military Service (OMS) law has led to forced recruitment operations or "batidas" carried out by the Armed Forces to "recruit" youth and submit them -- illegally -- to the procedures stipulated in the OMS law.
Through forced recruitment, the Armed Forces have established a practice or parallel system -- carried out through intimidation -- of Obligatory Military Service for youth between 15 and 18 years of age and even younger. In addition, this measure is most often applied to poor youth. This forced recruitment constitutes arbitrary detention.
Despite the fact that forced recruitment violates human rights, when legal measures have been taken to protect those affected, these have not had the affect of putting an end to this practice.
As a result of this situation, various sectors have lifted their voices in protest. For example, priests from Catholic communities in various poor neighborhoods of Lima issued a communique on September 6, 1996, expressing their concern about forced recruitment operations carried out by the Peruvian Army and stating that Peru is a modern state and that means have to be found to recruit youth in a civilized and humane manner.
Another problem connected to forced recruitment is the anguish of family members when confronted with the unexplained absence of one of their relatives.
It should also be noted that forced recruitment can lead to corruption and extorsion in situations when the youths caught in forced recruitment operations are forced to pay money in order to escape military service.
FINAL CONCLUSIONS
1. Military service should really be military service and youth should not be obligated to serve.
2. Youth in military service should be offered various alternatives. They should not only be prepared for war but also, and above all, be prepared and trained for development.
3. There should be alternatives to OMS such as community service for periods of time and according to age.
4. Those who serve their country should, above all, receive technical training and not only military training so that the time spent in the Armed Forces will be useful for their reincorporation into civilian life.
Finally, we should keep in mind that many youth who have no other alternatives, especially from the provinces, enter the OMS willingly and that it would be good to train them in order to turn them into productive members of society.
VIOLATIONS OF CITIZEN RIGHTS
DURING MILITARY SERVICEDuring military service, youth are subject to violations of their fundamental rights. These violations usually take place in the following ways:
1. The arbitrary transfer from their home areas. During military service, youth are arbitrarily taken away from their home areas, from the place where they live with their families, from their home and social environment. This means that many youth consider military service as something objectionable and as something which, because it is obligatory, goes against their dignity and their condition as human beings.
There have been cases in which youth who have been sent away from their home areas have had severe health problems and some have even died of pneumonia and other related problems. This is a result of both the drastic differences in climate between different regions of Peru and the malnutrition that exists in many rural areas.
2. Mistreatment, torture and other cruel and inhuman treatment. During military service, OMS personnel have violated the human rights of recruits, mistreating and torturing them. This is the result of a particular type of conception of discipline, linked to the idea of blind obedience and respect to superior authority.
There are more and more denunciations presented by youth who have entered the Armed Forces in an obligatory manner or have enrolled voluntarily. High military authorities deny that these kinds of violations against soldiers in the Armed Forces take place. However, in contrast to these statements, the number of deaths that have resulted from mistreatment during military service demonstrate that the situation merits the attention of human rights organizations. There are no institutions to which one can turn to ask for the protection of the rights of recruits or other military personnel.
Our proposal:
The National Coordinator for Human Rights considers that it is important that the following measures be implemented:
1. That an investigation be carried out of the situation of youth whose rights have been infringed during military service.
2. That the persons responsible for human rights violations against youth during military service and persons that cover-up these crimes be punished.
3. That a special ombudsman specialized in the rights of youth during military service be named. This ombudsman should receive denunciations regarding mistreatment that are presented to civilian and military authorities.
4. That a box to receive complaints and denunciations from civilians and military personnel regarding cases of mistreatment during military service be set up in the Ombudsman's Office.
BRIEF REPORT ON THE SITUATION
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRYJAEN AND SAN IGNACIO
In the last two years, the problem of forced recruitment has increased in these provinces on the Ecuadoran border in northeastern Peru. The new form which this recruitment takes is that military personnel dress in civilian clothing and rent vans. Youth get into these vans, thinking that they are public transportation. Sometimes, young people are forced to get in by being pressured or beaten. Youth recruited in this way are considered disappeared persons since the Sixth Military Zone refuses to provide information about them. In April 1996, Army personnel entered a school in the Province of San Ignacio where a social event was taking place in order to recruit youth. A great many of those attending were injured, all civilians.
CHIMBOTE
Forced recruitment is carried out on the outskirts of the city when military confrontations are expected with neighboring countries. Youth are detained even if their documents are in order; those that protest are beaten. If they can pay a bribe, they are set free. After recruits reach a military base, they are sent to areas far away from their homes.
HUAURA
In this province in the Department of Lima, forced recruitment takes place twice a year and lasts for more than 15 days. Military personnel stop local and provincial public transport vehicles; they even dress as civilians and use private cars. Once they arrive at the military base, youth are forced to "negotiate." Those that do not have money to offer are recruited.
The Dioceses of Huacho, on October 20, 1997, expressed its concern about forced recruitment in a communique.
JULI, PUNO, AYAVARI AND SICUANI
In these cities, forced recruitment takes place in January and July of each year and has become a common practice. Students who are recruited lose continuity in their studies. Parents find out where their children are after a long period of time. Mistreatment on the military base is frequent both in the case of voluntary and forced recruits and is carried out using arms or heavy objects. Another problem is the poor food that recruits receive. Youth have to bring food from their homes. They also are not given adequate clothing. Soldiers sometimes have to dress as civilians or in clothing that is not appropriate for the low temperatures common in this region.
LIMA
In the capital, forced recruitment is carried out in poor districts, including Comas, San Martin, Independencia, Ate Vitarte, Santa Anita, San Juan de Lurigancho, Villa María del Triunfo, and Villa El Salvador. The manner in which this is done is similar to methods in other parts of the country. Youth of the age of military service or people without documents are forced into military vehicles and taken to a military base.
As far back as 1995, the parishes of Santa Anita, Ate Vitarte, expressed their concern about the practice of "batidas" carried out in the area. "We are concerned that youth are taken without anyone knowing about it; youth are human beings who have the right to transit freely to work and to school," the statement read in part. (Translation ours.)
PASCO
This is another part of the country in which there is a problem of forced recruitment. In the months of May and November, there are "batidas" to forcibly recruit youth. A human rights organization in the area receives an average of 30 to 40 denunciations of such cases during these months. There is also corruption among Armed Forces officers who take advantage of the situation to take bribes of between 1,000-1,500 soles (US $380-570) to let recruits go and free them from Obligatory Military Service. In Pasco, some cases have been reported of youth who have been recruited and ended up dead.
APPENDIX 3
THE 50 ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE UP THE
NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS1. ADDEH-T
Asociación de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos - Tacna
Deustua 302, Tacna; telefax: (54) 727507
President: David Pereyra Flores
Principal activities: Promotion; defense; human rights education
Regional coverage: City of Tacna and provinces2. AFAVIT
Asociación de Familiares Víctimas del Terrorismo
Av. Roosevelt No. 123 Of. 09, Lima 01, Cercado; telefax: 426-2176
President: Paula Vásquez vda. de Osores
Principal activities: Education; legal advisement; mental health
Coverage: National
Serial publications: "CAMINEMOS" (bulletin)3. AJUPRODH
Asociación Jurídica Pro Dignidad Humana - Huánuco
Jr. Dámaso Beraún 391, Huánuco; telefax: 064/51-2455 51-1036
President: Nilton Jara Caludio
Principal activities: Legal defense
Regional coverage: Department of Huánuco4. ANFASEP
Asociación Nacional de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Zonas de Emergencias del Perú
Prolongación La Libertad 1229, Ayacucho
President: Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza
Principal activities: Social assistance5. APRODEH
Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos
Jr. Pachacútec 980, Jesus María; tel: 424-7057/432-8895; fax: 432-6915
Director: Francisco Soberón
Principal activities: Legal defense; information services
Coverage: National
Publications: Information bulletins6. ASONEDH
Asociación Negra de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos
Jr. Camaná 280 Of. 211, Cercado, Lima 01; tel: (1)426-0486/426-9419, telefax: 427-5423
E-mail: asonedh@amauta.rcp.net.pe
Director: Jorge Ramírez Reyna
Principal activities: Human rights: violence and health; rights of the child; Afro-Peruvian communities:
education, children, youth, women
Regional coverage: All of the Peruvian coast
Serial publications: Bimonthly bulletin "Voces Negras"7. CAAAP
Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica
Av. Gonzales Prada 626, Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17; Tel.: 461-5223; fax: 463-8846
E-mail: caaap@protelsa.com.pe
Director: Fabiola Luna Pineda
Principal activities: Education; legal advisement; indigenous peoples; research; publications
Coverage: Amazonía: Iquitos, Pucallpa, Tarapoto, Satipo
Serial publication: "Amazonía Peruana"8. C. D. R. "VILLA NAZARETH"
Centro de Desarrollo Rural "Villa Nazareth" de la Diócesis de Chulucanas
Prolongación Ramón Castilla s/n. ó Jr. Cusco 381, Chulucanas; Telefax: (74) 37-8594
E-Mail: obischu@net.cosapidata.com.pe and obischu@mail.cosapidata.com.pe
Executive Director: Pedro Otero Avilés
Principal activities: Training of rondas and peasant communities; legal defense; human rights
education
Coverage: Provinces of Ayabaca, Huancabamba, Morropón9. CEAPAZ
Centro de Estudios y Acción para la Paz
Gral. Santa Cruz 635, Jesús María; tel: 330-6984, 433-7522; fax: 423-0464
E-mail: ceapaz@infoweb.com.pe
Executive Director: Ernesto Alayza Mujica
Principal activities: Human rights education; youth; children; legal defense; research
Coverage: Lima, Huancayo, Chiclayo, Trujillo, Cusco
Serial publications: "Flecha en el Azul," "Revista Paz"10. CODEH-CANAS
Comisión de Derechos Humanos - CANAS
Av. Túpac Amarúa 270, Yanaoca, Canas; public telephone: (84)25-0478
President: Cupertino Ramos Castro
Principal activities: Women; peasants; teachers
Coverage: Province of Canas11. CODEH-CHUMBIVILCAS
Comisión de Derechos Humanos - Chumbivilcas
Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas, Cusco
President: Mauro Calderón Vásquez
Principal activities: Human rights education; advisement
Coverage: Province of Chumbivilcas12. CODEH-EL AGUSTINO
Comisión de Derechos Humanos - Parroquia El Agustino
Renán Olivera 249, El Agustino; tel: (1)327-0483
Coodinator: Luis Sauto
Principal activities: Human rights education
Coverage: Districts of El Agustino and Santa Anita13. CODEH-ESPINAR
Comisión de Derechos Humanos
Parroquia de Espinar, Espinar, Cusco
President: Roberto Corrales Moscoso
Principal activities: Advisement; information services14. CODEH-HUACHO
Comité de Derechos Humanos
Av. Grau s/n., Obispado, Huacho; Telefax: (34) 32-3919
President: Daniel Camarero Santamaría
Principal activities: Citizen participation; legal defense; prisons: education and communication;
Coverage: Diocese of Huacho (provinces of: Cajatambo, Oyón, Barranca, Huaura, Huaral, Canta)15. CODEH-ICA
Comité de Derechos Humanos - Ica
c/Salaverry 197 2do. Piso, Ica; telefax: (34)22-4476, Apartado Postal: 174
President: Víctor Arsenio Echegaray Ramos
Principal activities: Education; legal advisement; displaced persons; children
Coverage: Provinces of Pisco, Ica, Palpa, Nazca
Serial publications: "Boletín Bimestral"16. CODEH-ILO
Comité de Derechos Humanos
Jr. Dos de Mayo 533, Ilo, Apartado Postal: 77; telefax:(54) 781819
President: Napoleón Liñán Colchado
Principal activities: Education; legal advisement; information services
Coverage: Province of Ilo18. CODEH-PA
Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Provincias Altas
Av. César Vallejo s/n., Sicuani, Cusco
Executive Director: Jorge Quispe Sirena
Principal activities: Human rights education; denunciation
Coverage: Province of Canchis
19. CODEH-PASCO
Comité de Derechos Humanos
Jr. Bolognesi 415, Cerro de Pasco; telefax: (64) 72-1744
President: Marco Ninahuanca
Principal activities: Legal defense; human rights education; investigation of the human rights situation
in this region
Coverage: Department of Cerro de Pasco20. CODEH-PACHITEA
Comité de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de Pachitea
Mercado de Abastos de Panao, Panao, Apartado Postal: Correo de Panao vía Huánuco; community
telephone: (64)51-0294
President: Mauro Quispe Calla21. CODEH-Sánchez Carrión
Comité de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de la Provincia de Sanchez Carrión
José Balta 555-561, Huamachuco; tel.: (44) 44.1183, telefax: (44)44-1214
President: Monseñor Sebastián Ramis Torrens
Principal activities: Human rights education and promotion; legal defense
Coverage: Province of Sanchez Carrión22. CODEH-VES
Comité de Derechos Humanos de Villa El Salvador
Sector 1 - Grupo 23. Mz. G, Lt 2, Ruta B, Villa El Salvador; tel: (1)292-2536
President: Isabel Villavicencio Carrasco
Principal activities: Human rights education; denunciations; defense
Coverage: Districts of Villa el Salvador, San Juan de Miraflores, Chorrillos in the Department of Lima
Serial publications: "Boletín Informativo"23. COFADER
Comité Nacional de Familiares Detenidos, Desaparecidos, Refugiados
Jr. Ayacucho 1195 Of. 503, Lima 0; tel. 947-0808
President: Ofelia Antezana
Principal activities: Legal advisement14. COMISEDH
Comisión de Derechos Humanos
Jr. Horacio Urteaga 704, Jesus María; telefax: 431-4334
Director: Pablo Rojas
Principal activities: Legal defense; investigation in emergency zones
Coverage: Departments of Lima and Ayacucho
Publications: Monthly bulletin on States of Emergency24. COMISION DE JUSTICIA SOCIAL- Chimbote
Av. Meigg 570, Chimbote; tel. (44) 32.1745, fax: (44) 32.1392
Director: Sister Grace O'Meara
Principal activities: Legal defense; education; information services
Coverage: Province of Santa in the Department of Ancash25. COMISIÓN DIOCESANA DE ACCIÓN SOCIAL DE CHACHAPOYAS
Chachapoyas26. EDAC
Equipo de Asesoría Campesina
Plaza Francia 220 Of. 26; telefax: 330-1815
President: Nilda Tincopa
Principal activities: Legal defense; social assistance; children; campaigns for human rights
Coverage: Lima27.- FEDEPAZ
Fundación Ecuménica para el Desarrollo y la Paz
Av. Comandante Espinar 260 Of. 202, Lima 18; Telefax: 446-3180
E-mail: fedpaz@amauta.rcp.net.pe
Executive Director: Ivàn Arturo Bazán Chacón
Principal activities: Legal advisement; human rights education
Coverage: National28. I. D. L
Instituto de Defensa Legal
Toribio Polo 248, Lima 18; Telefax: 441-0192/4424037/221-1237/441-6128
E-mail: idl@idl.org.pe
Director: Carlos Basombrío Iglesias
Principal activities: Human rights education; research; legal advisement; communications
Coverage: National
Serial publications: "Ideele," "La Red"29. IPEDEHP
Instituto Peruano de Educación en Derecho Humanos y la Paz
Jr. Santo Domingo 144, Jesus María; tel:: 460-6759, telefax: 463-3064
Director: Pablo Zavala
Principal activities: Human rights education
Coverage: National
Publications: Guides for human rights promotion and information bulletins30. M.C.P.D.H.Q.
Movimiento Cristiano Pro Derechos Humanos de Quillabamba
Jr. Independencia 366, Quillabamba, La Convención; telefax: (84) 28-2537
Coordinator: Carmen Rosa Vásquez Valdeiglesias
Principal activities: Human rights education; legal advisement (women, children, rural workers)
Coverage: Province of La Convención
Serial publications: Bulletins31. OFIP
Oficina de Protección de los Derechos Humanos del Periodista
Jr. Huancavelica 320, Cercado de Lima; tel: 427-0687, fax: 427-8493
General Coordinator: Roberto Mejía Alarcón
Principal activities: Legal advisement and social assistance to journalists accused or detained unjustly
Coverage: National
32. SEPAR
Servicios Educativos, Promoción y Desarrollo Rural
Av. Centenario 346, Urb. San Carlos, Huancayo, Apartado Postal: 53 Huancayo; tel: (64)23-4185, fax:
(64) 22-3261
E-mail: postmaster@separ.org.pe
Executive Director: Santiago Soriano Perea
Principal activities: Strengthening local democratic institutions; promotion of citizen participation and
human rights; increasing family and communal productivity and production
Coverage: Pazos, Huaribamba (Tayacaja), El Tambo, Chilca, Quilcas, Pilcomayo (Huancayo),
Ayahuanco, San José (Huanta), Huancayo33. VICARIA DE SOLIDARIDAD DE JAEN
Orellana 313, Jaén, Cajamarca, Apartado Postal: 66 (vía Chiclayo); tel: (74) 73-2454; fax: (74) 73-3477
Director: María Isabel García Walters
Principal activities: Human rights education; legal advisement
Coverage: Provinces of Jaén and San Ignacio34. VICARIA DE SOLIDARIDAD DE JULI
Jr. Arequipa 345, 5to piso, Puno; tel: (54) 35.2125, fax: (54)35.3785
Coordinator: Luz Herquinio
Principal activities: Legal defense; human rights education
Coverage: Province of Juli35. VICARIA DE SOLIDARIDAD DE AYAVIRI
Calle 25 de Diciembre 326, Ayaviri; tel: (54) 32-0207, ext. 48, fax: (54)32-0211
Representative: Irene Aguilar
Principal activities: Legal defense
Coverage: Province of Ayaviri36. VICARIA DE SOLIDARIDAD DE PUNO
Vicaría de Solidaridad de la Diócesis de Puno
Jr. Conde de Lemus 226, Puno; Telefax: (54) 35-4045
Episcopal Vicar: Father Juan Valero Gallegos
Principal activities: Pastoral work in prisons; information services; communication
Coverage: Provinces of Azangaro, San Antonio de Putina, Lampa, San Román y Puno
Serial publications: "Boletín Solidaridad"37. VICARIA DE SOLIDARIDAD DE SICUANI
Jr. Hipólito Unánue 236, Sicuani; tel: (84)351356, fax: (84)35-2542
Director: Isabel de la Barreda Sureda
Principal activities: Human rights education; legal advisement; youth
Coverage: Provinces of Canchis (Sicuani), Espinar (Yauri), Chumbivilcas (Santo Tomás), Canas
(Yanaoca)38. VICARIATO APOSTÓLICO DE PUCALLPA
COMITÉ VICARIAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS - VICARIATO APOSTÓLICO DE PUCALLPA
Jr. Atahualpa 825, Pucallpa; tel: (64) 57-2639, fax: (64) 57-2533
Representative: Father Gerald Veilleaux, p.m.é
Principal activities: Legal defense
Coverage: Province of Pucallpa
Serial publications: Bulletins about violence in the regionPERMANENTLY INVITED ORGANIZATIONS
39. ASFADEL
Asociación de Familias Desplazadas en Lima
Jr. Horacio Urteaga 704; Telefax: 431-4334
Person Responsible: Teófilo Orozco
Principal activities: Social assistance to victims and relatives of person who have been detained or
executed arbitrary or extrajudicially
Coverage: Department of Ayacucho40. AMNISTIA INTERNACIONAL (Peruvian Section)
Jr. Enrique Palacios 735, Miraflores; telefax: 447.1360
E-mail: postmaster@aminte.org.pe
President: Juan Zúñiga
Principal activities: Promotion of modifications in Peruvian legislation in favor of human rights; urgent
actions for prisoners of conscience internationally
Coverage: National41. PAZ Y ESPERANZA
Asociación Ministerio Diaconal Paz y Esperanza
Av. Alejandro Tirado 275 Int. A., Urb. Santa Beatriz, Lima; tel.: 433-8029, fax: 431-6845
E-mail: aspaces@mail.cosapidata.com.pe
Executive Director: Alfonso Wieland y Turrizaga
Principal activities: Pastoral, psychological and social care; human rights education; research; legal
defense of persons unjustly accused of terrorism
Coverage: Lima and some other departments42. CEDAL
Centro de Asesoría Laboral del Perú
Jr. Talara 769, Jesús María; tel: 433-342-72/433-3207/432-9224; fax: 433-9593
e-mail: postmaster@cedal.org.pe
Executive Director: Luis Miguel Sirumbal
Principal activities: Labor-related legal defense; promotion and integral defense regarding economic,
social and cultural issues
Coverage: National43.- CEAS
Comisión Episcopal de Acción Social
Av. Salaverry 1945, Lince; Tel: (1) 472-3715 /471-0790; Fax: 471-7336
E-Mail: craspet@amauta.rcp.net.pe
Executive Secretary: Laura Vargas
Principal activities: Interdisciplinary attention; human rights education; research
Coverage: National
Serial publications: "Justicia y DDHH," "Cuadernos de Reflexión Pastoral," and others44.- CODISPAS - HUARAZ
Comisión Diocesana de Servicios Pastoral Social
Jr. Simón Bolívar 704, Huaraz; telefax: (44) 72-2177
Executive Secretary: Teódulo Torres Oriol
Principal activities: Legal advisement; legal defense; human rights education; pastoral work in prisons
Coverage: Diocese of Huaraz
Serial publications: "Boletín de Codispas"45.- CONEP
Concilio Nacional Evangélico
Lima46.- GIN
Grupo de Iniciativa Nacional por los Derechos del Niño
Jr. Manuel Gómez 205 Of. 804, Lince; telefax: (1) 470-9538
Executive Director: Doris Portocarrero Ramos
Principal activities: Promotion, information services, and defense of children and adolescents
Serial publications: "Niñez y Adolescencia" (every 6 months)47.- DIACONÍA PARA LA JUSTICIA Y LA PAZ DEL ARZOBISPADO DE PIURA Y TUMBES
Jr. Libertad 378 Plazuela Ignacio Merino, Piura; telefax: (74) 32-5883
E-Mail: diaconía@correo.dnet.com.pe
Executive Secretary: Francisco Muguiro Ibarra, s.j.
Principal activities: Human rights education; legal advisement; prisons; women; youth
Coverage: Grau Region (Departaments of Piura and Tumbes)48.- MOVIMIENTO NEGRO FRANCISCO CONGO
Jr Huara 682, Breña, Lima; telefax: 330-6312
E-mail: mnfcongo@com.pe
Director: Guillermo Muñoz Almenerio
Principal activities: Organization and integral promotion of Afro-Peruvian communities; education; women
Coverage: Peruvian coast
Serial publications: "BONGO" (quarterly information bulletin)49.- OFICINA PASTORAL DE DIGNIDAD HUMANA DE HUANCAYO
Santa Isabel 145, El Tambo - Huancayo
Tel: (64)23.2390, telefax: (64)23-1311
Executive Secretary: Teódulo Torres Ocaña
Principal activities: Legal advisement; human rights education; reports on the situation in Huancayo
Coverage: Huancayo50.- VICARIA DE SOLIDARIDAD DE LA DIOCESIS DE CAJAMARCA
Jr. Del Batán 109, Cajamarca; tel: (44) 82-2615, fax: (44) 82.2799
Person in charge of the Vicariate: Father Efraín Castillo Hervias
Principal activities: Legal defense
Coverage: Department of CajamarcaNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: 1998/1999
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CODEH-ICA
CODEH-PASCO
COMISION DE JUSTICIAL SOCIAL DE CHIMBOTE
VICARIA DE SOLIDARIDAD DE JULI
VICARIA DE SOLIDARIDAD DE SICUANIExecutive Secretary: Sofia Macher
The work of the human rights movement in Peru is
possible thanks to the voluntary work of individuals,
nongovernmental organizations, churches, and the
support of cooperating international agencies.
Coordinator - e-mail - Human Rights in Perú