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The signatories warn about cuts to lawyers and regional offices, and the President's influence on the institute's new council.

Chronology

17:48
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.
18:29
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.
19:19
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.

07:05
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.
19:06
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.

08:28
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.

11:03
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.
11:55
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.

07:41
Former advisory commission calls for review of government bill ending INDH's role in filing criminal complaints
The signatories warn about cuts to lawyers and regional offices, and the President's influence on the institute's new council.

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