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Poll: 54% support reforming the National Human Rights Institute, but 47% fear it will be weakened
Young people largely oppose the government's bill to shrink the National Human Rights Institute's council and remove its power to file criminal complaints.
Rabat defends reform of National Human Rights Institute and rejects claims the bill harms democracy
The justice minister said that only 68 of the 3,263 criminal complaints filed by the National Human Rights Institute over the social unrest led anywhere and that criminal proceedings had been abused.
Only 2% of criminal complaints filed by the National Human Rights Institute over the social unrest resulted in convictions
Minister Fernando Rabat spoke of abuse of criminal proceedings and defended the bill that strips the National Human Rights Institute of its power to file criminal complaints.
Director of the National Human Rights Institute says Kast's reform threatens the body's autonomy
Yerko Ljubetic warned that a transitional council trusted by the president could prevent the National Human Rights Institute from carrying out its legally mandated functions.
Frente Amplio rejects reform of National Human Rights Institute and demands government withdraw urgency designation
Gael Yeomans's party called Kast's bill authoritarian, saying it strips the National Human Rights Institute of its power to file criminal complaints and reduces its council and staff.
23 National Prize winners urge Congress to halt the government's reform of the National Human Rights Institute
The signatories accuse the bill of weakening the body's autonomy, eliminating its power to file criminal complaints and concentrating its operations at a single office in Santiago.
AFEP rejects Kast bill to shrink National Human Rights Institute council and powers
The association of relatives of people executed for political reasons accuses the government of curtailing tools for truth and justice and favoring sentence reductions.
National Human Rights Institute staff reject government reform and warn of mass layoffs
The institute’s workers’ associations are calling on Congress to reject a bill that, in their view, weakens its autonomy and regional presence.
Former Minister Gajardo rejects pardons for those convicted of crimes against humanity
The former justice minister said humanitarian cases involving serious illness should be decided by the courts, not the President.
