Droit et Cultures (Dec 2011)
La participation des femmes dans le conflit interne armé au Pérou durant la période 1980-2000
Abstract
Between 1980 and 2000, Peru experienced an internal armed conflict that resulted in victims in numbers unprecedented in the history of Latin America. The protagonists of the armed struggle included the subversive collectives (PCP-SL and MRTA), as much as the army, the police and the rural militias («ronde paysanne»). The consequences were dramatic in that the sheer human losses were compounded by a tragic unraveling of the social fabric. Women who participated directly or indirectly in the conflict – if they still live – bear the stigmata of their experience: scars, rape, post-traumatic stress. Here, we consider the victims of both camps, but also those women who became justice agents making claims on behalf of their own near relations, their spouses and children – thus forming the first human rights collectives. However, the women who have benefited from media recognition undoubtedly include those who committed crimes: women who took up arms as militants, combatants, or as members of the forces of order. Sexual Violence, Peru’s Internal Armed Conflict, Women, Terrorism, Human Rights, Torture, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Victims
