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Chile Probable Cause Evidence Implicating Fujimori This 22-page report focuses specifically on information implicating Fujimori in five criminal cases currently pending in Peru, including human rights violations as well as acts of corruption that undermined Peru’s democratic institutions. HRW Index No.: B1706 December 21, 2005 Also available in 
Download PDF, 305 KB, 24 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Undue Process Terrorism Trials, Military Courts and the Mapuche in Southern Chile This 60-page report shows how Mapuche defendants charged with terrorist acts face unequal trials for crimes that do not pose a direct threat to life, liberty or physical integrity. The use of extraordinary procedures, which were established in the antiterrorism law to tackle the most extreme political violence, is wholly unjustified when dealing with crimes attributed to the Mapuche that are mostly against property. HRW Index No.: B1605 October 27, 2004 Also available in
Download PDF, 494 KB, 60 pgs Purchase online Chile: Child Soldier Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers There is no evidence of under-18s in government armed forces, however the minimum age for voluntary recruitment is unclear and may be as low as 16. June 12, 2001 Chile -- Progress Stalled Setbacks in Freedom of Expression Reform Chile's record on freedom of expression has improved little since the end of military rule, Human Rights Watch charged in this report. Although the country has made great progress in prosecuting the abuses of the Pinochet dictatorship, the same repressive defamation laws that the military regime regularly employed against its critics are still in use. Chile is unique among Latin American democracies in considering "contempt of authority" to be a crime against state security, meriting up to five years' imprisonment. HRW Index No.: B1301 March 1, 2001 Download PDF Purchase online Chile: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Key developments since March 1999: The Senate's Foreign Affairs Commission approved Mine Ban Treaty ratification legislation on 15 December 1999. On 26 April 1999, Chile imposed a unilateral moratorium on the production, export, and new use of antipersonnel mines. On 25 November 1999, the Army announced plans for an 11-year mine clearance program for 293 border minefields with 250,000 mines at a cost of 0 million. The Army began mine clearance along the border with Bolivia in December 1999. August 1, 2000 Chile -- When Tyrants Tremble: the Pinochet Case As Chile prepares for presidential elections in December 1999, the Pinochet arrest has prompted debate about the human rights legacy of the military. The crisis has also highlighted the undemocratic aspects of the constitution which Chile inherited from Pinochet. In this report, Human Rights Watch describes encouraging developments in Chilean courts during the year since Pinochet's arrest. Before Pinochet's arrest, the courts stifled most prosecutions of human rights violations from the military government through application of a 1978 amnesty law. HRW Index No.: B1101 October 1, 1999 Purchase online Limits of Tolerance Freedom of Expression and the Public Debate in Chile Since the 1980s, the term “transition to democracy” has been used to describe those processes of political change that aim to leave behind a dictatorial past, a situation of internal armed conflict or another type of radical breakdown of the political order or absence of the rule of law, and to advance toward the foundation or reconstruction of a democratic system. Chile has generally been cited as one of the cases of transition to democracy most worthy of study. HRW Index No.: SBN: 1-56432-192-4 November 1, 1998 UNSETTLED BUSINESS Human Rights in Chile at the Start of the Frei Presidency Under former President Aylwin's four-year “transitional” administration, Chile took notable steps toward consolidating democracy, reestablishing civil and individual rights, and healing the wounds caused by decades of political strife and gross human rights violations under military rule. However, further political reform — especially regarding the role of the military — while sure to prove extremely difficult for the Frei administration, must be pursued to ensure the protection of human rights in Chile. May 1, 1994 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE “POLITICS OF AGREEMENTS” Chile During President Aylwin’s First Year When Patricio Aylwin became President of Chile, on March 11, 1990, he had promised to resolve the human rights legacy of over sixteen years of military dictatorship, through a process of exposing the truth about past abuses and seeking justice. President Aylwin's efforts have been hampered by the Constitution of 1980 that defines a form of government that falls short of full democracy. Various limitations have forced the government to adopt a style it calls the “politics of agreements,” a search for consensus and compromise. A National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, appointed by President Aylwin, produced an incomplete but nonetheless impressive accounting of the repression during the Pinochet years, and in this way the President offered the country an important part of the truth it requires. Demands for justice go unmet, however, and the Chilean justice system does not foster confidence. July 1, 1991
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