Victim Reparations in the Peruvian Truth Commission and the Challenge of Historical Interpretation
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission ( Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR)) has been praised for challenging positivist approaches to truth by focusing on victims and narrative interpretation. In this article, I argue that such a focus is not as problem-free as widely assumed. In spite of its normative human rights base, the CVR underestimated the issue of historical and political recognition of particular actors during the Peruvian armed conflict – an issue that bears practical and tangible consequences for the actors involved. I use the case of peasant self-defense groups and their treatment regarding potential reparations benefits to explore the challenges involved in combining a human rights agenda with issues of historical interpretation.
DOI: 10.1093/ijtj/ijm039
Author: J. Garcia-Godos
Institution: University of Oslo
Language: English
Topic: War, Law, and Justice
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1973351216