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LiveBlog follows Alberto Fujimori's Human Rights Trial. www.fujimoriontrial.org |
Praxis Institute for Social Justice invites you to visit our bilingual liveblog and follow current developments in the ongoing human rights trial of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori. Fujimori served from 1990-2000, and is suspected of committing innumerable human rights violations during his decade in office. These allegations have been documented by the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in its Final Report, published in 2003, and the trial against the former president marks the fulfillment of one of the TRC's most important recommendations for preventing future human rights violations by the state. This precedent-setting trial began on Human Rights Day (December 10, 2007) soon after Fujimori's extradition from Chile, making him the first head of state to be extradited to his home country to stand trial for human rights violations. The trial holds great importance for the development of both human rights and international criminal law. The liveblog seeks to expand coverage of these proceedings and see that Fujimori receives a fair trial, while also ensuring that he is held accountable for any crimes he committed. The Fujimoriontrial.org blog is one component of our Trial Monitoring Project funded by the Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSI) and in collaboration with the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP). It includes frequent posts by our expert national and international observers, news summaries, links to relevant documents, and observations and analyses by experts, students and victims of human rights violations in Peru. It is intended to be a resource for journalists, students, academics, human rights victims and the general public. We invite English and Spanish speakers to join our dialogue and share their ideas and perspectives. Please share the blog with others! |
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Mission/ Misión
The mission of the Peru Section is to increase awareness and understanding of past and present political, economic and social realities of Peru. This mission will be undertaken through an interchange of data, ideas and opinions via:
1) occasional e-mail "discussions" of specific topics; 2) the periodic publication of a Section newsletter containing announcements of upcoming conferences, brief articles by Section members, book and film reviews, information on grants, etc.; 3) Section sessions at LASA Congresses; 4) the issuance of policy statements to the U.S. and Peruvian press; and 5) the sponsoring of conferences and research activities of particular interest to Section members.
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