The Catholic church role within the human rights movement in Peru since 2000

This paper deals with the relationship between human rights movement and the Catholic Church, through the following question: Which is the new relation between human rights discourse within the Catholic Church and the increasing political pluralism of human rights movement after 2000 in Peru?

It analyzes how has this ecclesiastical logic responded to new events related to human rights in Peru? Both events are: The public handing over of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (TRCR) in 2003 and the enactment of the National Human Rights Plan (NHRP) in 2005. Both events have shown different aspects on the human rights discourse and practice, and also an underlying consistent logic on ecclesiastical policies.

The TRCR publication revealed two tendencies within the Peruvian Catholic Church: one for and one against. These disputes showed the discourse in every sector of the Catholic Church on human rights fostering, and also, they showed how these disagreements managed to mobilize and legitimize a life model based on ecclesiastical geopolitics.

Simultaneously, the Plan (NHRP)  history shows the process in which the results of the work bench were altered by the Catholic Church intervention, which was interested in sexual and reproductive rights and LGBT rights within this process.