Protection of Human Rights in Chile

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1975–1982

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9 topics

Chile Detained Persons Disappearance of Persons Freedom of Association Freedom of Thought Human Rights Human Rights Violations Torture and Other Cruel Treatment Trade Union Rights

What does this mandate say?

14 operative paragraphs

Expresses its profound indignation that constant and flagrant violations of human rights have taken

-n Resolution 217 A (III).

42 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 4 (E/5635), chap. XXIII,

43 Ibid., Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 3 (E/5768), chap.

44 See E/CN.4/1218, chap. XVII, part A. 45 A/ 10285, annex; A/31/253, annex. 46 A/C.3/31/4-6 and A/C.3/31/6/Add.1. 4 7 A/C.3/31/11.

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place and continue to take place in Chile, in p_articular the institutionalized practice of torture, cruel, mhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, the disappearance of persons for political reasons, arbitrary arrest, detention, exile and cases of deprivation of Chilean nationality;

Calls once more upon the Chilean authorities to restore and safeguard, without delay, basic human rights and fundamental freedoms and fully to respect provisions of the international instruments to which Chile is a party and, to this end:

To cease using the state of siege or emergency for the purpose of violating human rights and fundamental freedoms and, having regard to the observations by the Ad Hoe Working Group on the Situation of Human Rights in Chile, to re-examine the basis on which the state of siege or emergency is applied with a view to its termination;

( b) To put an end to the practice of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by Chilean State agencies, particularly the Direcci6n de Inteligencia N acional, and to prosecute and punish those who are responsible;

To clarify forthwith the status of individuals ( c) whose disappearance is attributable to political reasons;

To release immediately those who have been (d) arbitrarily arrested or detained without charge and those who are in prison solely for political reasons;

To release, furthermore, those who are detained or imprisoned on account of acts or omissions which did not constitute a criminal offence at the time they were committed;

To guarantee fully the right of habeas corpus (f) (amparo);

To cease the arbitrary deprivation of Chilean nationality and to restore it to those who have been so deprived;

To respect the right of everyone to freedom of association with others, including the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of his interests;

To guarantee the right to intellectual freedom;

Deplores the fact that, despite previous assurances to the contrary, the Chilean authorities persistently refuse to allow the Ad Hoe Working Group to visit the country in accordance with its mandate;

Invites Member States, United Nations agencies and other international organizations to take steps which they may consider appropriate as a contribution to the restoration and safeguarding of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and welcomes the steps already taken to this end;

Invites the Commission on Human Rights:

To extend the mandate of the Ad Hoe Work- (a) ing Group, as presently constituted, so as to enable it to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session, and to the Commission at its thirty-fourth session, with such additional information as may be necessary;

( b) To formulate recommendations on possible humanitarian, legal and financial aid to those arbitrarily arrested or imprisoned, to those forced to leave the country and to their relatives;

( c) To consider the consequences of the various forms of aid extended to the Chilean authorities;

Requests the President of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General to assist in any way they may consider appropriate in the re-establishment of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile.

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