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| Section The ICRC in Peru Regional delegation in Lima Other countries covered: BoliviaThe ICRC in Bolivia , EcuadorThe ICRC in Ecuador
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Canete. Family reunion under ICRC auspices
The ICRC opened its Peru delegation in 1984. In 2003, it became the Lima regional delegation responsible for activities in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
 EventEvent Includes Photo Feature6-4-2009 Peru: overcrowding fuels tuberculosis infection in prisonsTuberculosis is a disease which is transmitted from person to person. For this reason, it spreads easily in prisons marked by overcrowded conditions. In Peru, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) took part in training health promoters to detect possible cases of infection in order to obtain immediate treatment for them. (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas\Peru) Feature Includes Photo 2-4-2009 Peru: psychosocial support for the relatives of missing personsIn forensic anthropology investigation processes, it is during exhumations, clothing exhibitions and restitutions of skeletal remains, among other moments, that the suffering of the relatives of missing persons becomes most evident. It is then that psychosocial and emotional support becomes crucial.
(The ICRC worldwide\The Americas\Peru) Feature Includes Photo 2-4-2009 Peru: new hope for the relatives of missing personsAfter 25 years of waiting, relatives of 61 persons who disappeared in Huanta, Ayacucho, in 1984 took part from 9 to 23 March in exhumations and the taking of DNA samples to identify the remains of 50 victims that can later be returned to their relatives. (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas\Peru) Feature Includes Photo 9-9-2008 Peru: Relatives of missing persons search for cluesHoping to find out what happened to her daughter who disappeared 24 years ago, Marcelina made her way to the Huanta Civic Centre to examine some 500 items of clothing that were on display there. The clothing was found with the remains of 90 bodies discovered in mass graves in Putis, a village in southern Peru, last May. It was to be exhibited a few days later in Santillana and Putis. (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas\Peru) Feature Includes Photo 1-9-2008 Peru: uncovering the truthOn 2 November 1991, the inhabitants of Santo Tomás de Pata, a small rural town in the Huancavelica region, were attacked following their traditional Day of the Dead celebrations. A total of 37 people died, including men, women and children. The survivors had to bury the bodies without identifying them. The families have waited 17 years to be able to mourn their loved ones and give them a proper burial. (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas\Peru) Feature Includes Photo 29-2-2008 Peru: "my hope and my reason for existing"In the 1980s and 1990s, Peru experienced an internal armed conflict between the army and police on one hand and insurgent groups on the other. It is now estimated that some 13,000 people went missing during those years. Juana Huaytalla Méndez, who has attended psychosocial support groups run by the Child and Family Network with ICRC backing, tells her story. (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas\Peru) Feature Includes Photo International Review of the Red Cross30-6-2006 Interview with Salomón LernerPresident of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru from 2001 to 2003. (Info resources\International Review\2006 - No. 862) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF 30-6-1998 The Lima hostage crisis: some comments on the ICRC’s role as a “neutral intermediary”"On 17 December 1996, the delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross was one of the 600 guests at a reception hosted by the Japanese ambassador in Lima. When the commando unit of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru - MRTA) carried out its spectacular hostage-taking operation and the ICRC delegate made himself known to the commando unit, wondering whether in so doing he was acting as an intermediary was hardly at the forefront of his mind: he was content to take action because the situation so demanded and because the physical integrity of hundreds of people was under threat. I was that delegate." (Info resources\International Review\1998 - No. 323) International Review of the Red Cross Photo Collection14-9-2007 Peru: turning the right to know into reality Years after the end of the conflict that rocked Peru in the 1980s, many families still do not know what happened to relatives who disappeared. The ICRC is supporting efforts by a number of State and civil society bodies to end the suffering of these families and to turn their right to know into reality. (Info resources\Photos\The Americas) Photo Collection Includes Photo Other site |
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