10 addition, it will take into account knowledge in the public domain, including resolutions by the committees of the universal human rights system, its own reports on petitions and cases and on the general human rights situation in Peru, publications from nongovernmental organizations, and laws, decrees, and other regulations in force at the time of the facts alleged by the parties. 59. The IACHR will include, in the evidence for this case, the Final Report of the Truth and 12 Reconciliation Commission (hereinafter “the CVR”), published on August 27, 2003, in the city of Lima. This document was placed before the three branches of government of the Peruvian State, the Attorney General’s office, and other agencies of the public administration, in compliance with the mandate given by 13 the President of the Republic in Supreme Decrees 065-2001-PCM and 101-2001-PCM. 60. In the following paragraphs, the IACHR will address the general context surrounding the incidents in the case at hand, the facts already established, and the consequent responsibility of the Peruvian State. Prior to that analysis, the IACHR will speak of the historical background to several of the parties’ contentions and the actions of the main players in the armed conflict that took place in Peru during the 1980s and 1990s. B. Preliminary considerations – The indiscriminate violence of the insurgent groups and the illegal actions of the security forces 61. The chapter on “Armed Groups” in the CVR’s Final Report states that in May 1980 the leadership of the group that styled itself the Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path embarked on a plan to overthrow the system of democratic and representative government and to impose its own form of 14 political and social organization in Peru. Some of the tactics chosen by Shining Path in the construction of its “new state” were: the annihilation of community leaders and local authorities; the personality cult surrounding its founder, Abimael Guzmán Reinoso; the extermination of rural communities that did not support it; and the deliberate use of terror and other actions in violation of international humanitarian 15 law. According to the CVR, the acts of violence claimed by or attributed to this group caused more than 31,000 deaths (54% of the total fatalities of the armed conflict), tens of thousands of displaced persons, 16 vast economic losses, and a lasting dejection among Peru’s population. 62. By unleashing its “people’s revolutionary war” in 1984, the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) contributed to the insecurity that prevailed in Peru for several years and to the violations of the basic rights of the Peruvian people. The criminal actions claimed by or attributed to this group included attacks on commercial premises, police stations, and the homes of members of the government; targeted killings of ranking public officials; abductions of business owners and diplomats; 12 The CVR’s Final Report has been used by the Commission in a series of cases, as well as by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in ruling on facts and the international responsibility of the Peruvian State in the following matters: Case of Anzualdo Castro v. Peru, Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations, and Costs, Judgment of September 22, 2009, Series C No. 202; Case of Cantoral Huamaní and García Santa Cruz v. Peru, Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations, and Costs, Judgment of July 10, 2007, Series C No. 167; Case of La Cantuta, Judgment of November 29, 2006, Series C No. 162; Case of the Miguel Castro Castro Prison, Judgment of November 25, 2006, Series C No. 160; Case of Baldeón García, Judgment of April 6, 2006, Series C No. 147; Gómez Palomino Case, Judgment of November 22, 2005, Series C No. 136; and Case of De la Cruz Flores, Judgment of November 18, 2004, Series C No. 115. 13 According to Supreme Decrees 065-2001-PCM and 101-2001-PCM, the CVR’s purpose was to establish the facts and responsibilities of the terrorist violence and human rights violations that were carried out between May 1980 and November 2000 by both the terrorist organizations and the agencies of the State, and to propose initiatives intended to ensure peace and harmony among the people of Peru. 14 Final Report of the CVR, 2003, Vol. II, 1.1 The Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path, pp. 29 and 30, available at: www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/index.php. 15 Final Report of the CVR, 2003, Vol. I, Chapter 1, The Periods of the Violence, p. 54; Chapter 3, The Faces and Profiles of the Violence, pp. 168 and 169; Vol. II, 1.1 The Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path, pp. 127 to 130; and Vol. VI, 1.1 Killings and Massacres, p. 16, available at: www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/index.php. 16 Final Report of the CVR, 2003, Vol. II, 1.1 The Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path, p. 13, available at: www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/index.php.