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Minnesota Advocates' work in Peru 2004

The Defensoria del Pueblo (Human Rights Ombudsman's Office) held a press conference to report on the measures that had been taken to implement the TRC's recommendations in the year following the publication of the TRC's final report.
The Defensoria del Pueblo... 		Two team members meet with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior. Through the national police, the Ministry of Interior works to maintain order within the country. Minnesota Advocates was also able to verify that police throughout the country were receiving training on human rights by observing a police training in Ayacucho.
Two team members meet wit... 		Minnesota Advocates met with a Technical Assistant as well as the Special Consultant on Criminal Law at the Supreme Court in Lima. Civilian courts are now retrying cases decided by military courts and the "faceless courts" of the Fujimori government.
Minnesota Advocates met w... 		The five Minnesota Advocates team members were also invited to the Ministry of Defense, where they met with the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the Armed Forces.
The five Minnesota Advoca... 		Jaime Urrutia, member of the Comisión Multisectorial de Alto Nivel, the Executive Branch body charged with implementing the TRC's recommendations. This High Level Multisectorial Commission, is composed of ten members, six from the government and 4 from civil society.
Jaime Urrutia, member of ... 		Congressman Walter Alejos Calderon, member of the Congressional Subcommission on Displaced Persons, is originally from Ayacucho and lived there when much of the violence occurred. He is one of the handful of representatives who is pushing Congress to implement the recommendations for institutional reform that were made in the TRC's final report.
Congressman Walter Alejos...

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Meeting with Jorge Fernan...
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