Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Chile

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1986.

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7 versions · 1983–1989

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14 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the preliminary report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation ofhuman rights in Chile, submitted in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1985/47; 191 2.

Once again expresses its dismay at the suppression in Chile of the traditional democratic legal order and its institutions and their replacement by a constitution which does not reflect the freely expressed will of the people and whose provisions considerably restrict the enjoyment and exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms through the institutionalization and consolidation of states of emergency and the extension of the jurisdiction of the military tribunals, all of which amounts to an integrated system negating civil and political rights and freedoms;

Expresses its indignation at the persistence of serious and systematic violations of human rights in Chile, in particular the suppression of social protests which has caused a considerable number of deaths and injuries and mass and individual arrests, at the intimidation of national human rights organizations, at the frequent reports oftorture and ill-treatment, and at the treacherous crimes in which the police forces are judicially implicated;

Reiterates its alarm at the fact that, in general, the arbitrary or improper actions ofthe State police and security agencies continue to go unpunished;

Reiterates its concern at the inetfectiveness of the remedies of habeas corpus or of amparo and of protection, owing to the fact that the judiciary, notwithstanding sorne positive actions in this field, does not always exercise its powers of investigation, monitoring and supervision in this respect, and peñorms its functions under severe restrictions which undermine its independence;

Once again calls urgently upon the Chilean authorities to restore and respect human rights in accordance with the obligations they have assumed under various intemational instruments, so as to re-establish the principie of legality, democratic institutions and the etfective enjoyment and exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and, in particular:

To put an end not only to the state of seige, as was done in June 1985, but also to the régime of exception and especially the practice of declaring "constitutional states of emergency" under which serious and continuing violations of human rights are committed;

To investigate and clarify without delay the fate of persons who were arrested for political reasons and later disappeared, to assist and inform their families of the results of such investigation and to bring to tria! and punish those responsible for their disappearance;

To respect the right to life and the right to physical and moral integrity by putting an end to the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and to put an immediate end to intimidation and persecution as well as to kidnappings, arbitrary or abusive detention and imprisonment in secret places;

To respect the right ofnationals to live in and freely enter and leave their country, without arbitrary restrictions or conditions, and to cease the practice of relegación (assignment to forced residence) and forced exile;

To restore the full enjoyment and exercise oflabour rights, including the right to organize trade unions, the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike, to pul an end to the suppression of the activities of trade union leaders and their organizations and to comply with the provisions of the intemational agreements of the lnternational Labour Organisation to which Chile has subscribed;

(/) To respect and, where necessary, restore economic, social and cultural rights, in particular the rights intended to preserve the cultural identity and improve the economic and social status of the indigenous populations, including the right to their land;

Conc/udes, on the basis ofthe preliminary report of the Special Rapporteur and of other data at its disposal, that it is necessary to continue to monitor the human rights situation in Chile;

Expresses its conviction that an unrestricted, in situ investigation of the human rights situation in Chile requires that the Special Rapporteur, in fulfilment of his mandate, should have access to ali the information and data which could be provided by those persons and bodies that are interested in the situation of human rights in Chile;

Requests the Chilean authorities to co-operate more

fully with the Special Rapporteur and to submit their comments on bis report to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-second session;

Invites the Commission on Human Rights, at its forty-second session, to proceed to an in-depth consideration of the report of the Special Rapporteur and, taking account of all the relevant information at its disposal, to adopt the most appropriate measures for the etfective restoration of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile, including the extension of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, and requests the Commission to report to the General Assembly at its forty-first session, through the Economic and Social Council.

I 16th plenary meeting

13 December 1985

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