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The ICRC in Peru
Regional delegation in Lima
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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.


The delegation promotes and supports the national implementation of IHL, and its integration into academic curricula and operational procedures, manuals and training programmes of the armed forces (human rights norms in the case of the police).

It monitors conditions of detention, endeavours to ascertain the fate of missing persons and assists people affected by the lingering consequences of the struggle between government forces and the remnants of insurgent groups.


The ICRC also works to support and strengthen the capacity of national Red Cross societies in the region to respond to situations of internal strife.

Presence (2009): 40 staff, including 7 expatriates


More information in Spanish about ICRC activities in Peru

Key document
    27-8-2010
    Peru: knitting for hope in Ayacucho
    As a result of the internal violence in Peru in the 1980s and 90s 15,000 people have been reported missing. But so far, the fate of only 10% is known: they were found alive, or their human remains were found, identified and handed over to their families. In Ayacucho, wives, mothers and sisters gather to knit a scarf with the names of their missing relatives embroidered on it.
    (Info resources\Video)
    Video Collection Includes Video

    27-8-2010
    Peru: the tireless search for a missing family member
    The 20 years of violence which Peru experienced between 1980 and 2000 resulted in the death of thousands of people and the disappearance of more than 15,000. Although many years have passed, thousands of Peruvian families are still suffering from the uncertainty of not knowing what has happened to their loved ones.
    (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas\Peru)
    Feature Includes Photo

Feature
    6-4-2009
    Peru: overcrowding fuels tuberculosis infection in prisons
    Tuberculosis 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 persons
    In 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 persons
    After 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 clues
    Hoping 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

International Review of the Red Cross
    30-6-2006
    Interview with Salomón Lerner
    President 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

Interview
    29-3-2010
    To serve and to protect: dealing with violence requires a professional and well trained police force
    Violence can break out suddenly or be an everyday reality. When order must be restored, casualties can be reduced or avoided by police action that reflects international rules and standards. Interview with Pascal Progin, outgoing ICRC delegate for the police and security forces programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean.
    (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas)
    Interview Includes Photo

    23-3-2010
    Latin America: prisons are an ideal breeding ground for tuberculosis
    Tuberculosis (TB) poses a serious threat to public health, and the incidence of the disease can be 20 times higher in places of detention than among the general population. Alain Vuilleumier, ICRC doctor for Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, explains why this is and how the ICRC is supporting prison services in the region.
    (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas)
    Interview Includes Photo

    30-6-2008
    Protecting people in situations of internal violence
    In January 2008, the head of the ICRC’s regional delegation in Buenos Aires, Michel Minnig, addressed the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Organization of American States on the subject of internal violence. In this interview, he reviews the main points of his statement.
    (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas)
    Interview

Photo Collection
    11-1-2010
    Peru: 25 years of ICRC presence
    The ICRC has been assisting and protecting conflict victims in Peru since 1984 – those affected by the country's internal armed conflict (1980-2000) and those caught up in the international armed conflict between Peru and Ecuador (1995). The ICRC also strives to spread knowledge of international humanitarian law and of the basic humanitarian principles of the Red Cross throughout the country.
    (Info resources\Photos\The Americas)
    Photo Collection Includes Photo

Other site
    23-2-2005
    Peruvian Red Cross
    (Info resources\Other sites\Red Cross and Red Crescent)
    Other site



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