UN Commission on the Truth for El Salvador, From Madness to Hope: The 12-Year War in El Salvador, Report, 15 March 1993, in UN Secretary General, Letter to the President of the Security Council (S/25500), Annex. (PDF link)
1. International human rights law
2. International humanitarian law
III. CHRONOLOGY OF THE VIOLENCE
I. 1980-1983: THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF VIOLENCE
II. 1983-1987: VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE ARMED CONFLICT
III. 1987-1989: THE MILITARY CONFLICT AS AN OBSTACLE TO PEACE
IV. 1989-1991: FROM THE "FINAL OFFENSIVE" TO THE SIGNING OF THE PEACE AGREEMENTS
IV. CASES AND PATTERNS OF VIOLENCE
A. General overview of cases and patterns of violence
B. Violence against opponents by agents of the State
1. Illustrative case: the murders of the Jesuit Priests (1989)
(a) San Francisco Guajoyo (1980)
(b) The leaders of the Frente Democratico Revolucionario (1980)
(c) The American churchwomen (1980)
(e) The Dutch journalists (1982)
(h) Attack on an FMLN hospital and execution of a nurse (1989)
(j) FENASTRAS and COMADRES (1989)
(c) Chan Chan and Massi (1989)
C. Massacres of peasants by the armed forces
1. Illustrative case: El Mozote (1981)
1. Illustrative case: Archbishop Romero (1980)
5. Viera, Hammer and Pearlman (1981)
E. Violence against opponents by the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional
1. Illustrative case: summary execution of Mayors (1985-1988)
(c) Romero García "Miguel Castellanos" (1989)
(g) United States soldiers who survived the shooting down of a helicopter (1991)
3. Abductions: Duarte and Villeda (1985)
VI. Epilogue: the seekers after peace