The warning from fifty human rights and social groups

“We note with concern that the reprehensible murders of three police officers have been used as an excuse to justify legislative reforms contrary to Chile’s commitments on human rights,” was indicated in a public statement. It was argued that “those who seek to create a false contrast between human rights and security are undermining the State and democracy.” It was noted that “human security can only be guaranteed through means that respect and guarantee human rights, which represent an insurmountable limit for the exercise of power and the regulatory framework that allows us as a society to deliberate without violence and with a minimum ethical standard.” common”. Among the organizations that signed the document are Corporación Humanas, Amnesty International Chile, Group of Relatives of Politically Executed Persons, Association of Feminist Lawyers, Coordinator 8M, and several from regions, migrants and social organizations.

“The century”. Santiago. 5/17/2024. Full text of the public declaration of fifty human and social rights groups:

Declaration on human rights and the democratic State.

The signatory organizations point out that:

The recovery of democracy in Chile was a long and painful process of different political and social actors destined to guide the country along the path of the rule of law and the guarantee of human rights.

In these more than thirty years of democracy, civil society organizations have participated, through multiple actions, in its deepening and improvement, having as a framework of action human rights and the legitimate demands for greater freedom, equality and autonomy for who inhabit this territory.

The signatory human rights organizations observe with concern that the reprehensible murders of three police officers have been used as an excuse to justify legislative reforms contrary to Chile’s commitments on human rights.

Promoting legislative initiatives aimed at reinstating the death penalty, military justice for civilians, discretion in the use of force by the police, amnesty for those who exercised police and institutional violence during the social outbreak and the militarization of the country, are contrary to the respect and protection of human rights.

Those who seek, through actions and speeches, to create a false contrast between human rights and security are undermining the State and the democracy that cost so much to recover. Easy, populist solutions, without considering the civilizational advances that humanity has achieved through human rights, will only weaken democratic coexistence and bring more violence. None of the proposed measures is based on evidence that allows us to affirm that restricting our rights will make us more secure. The experiences of other countries in our region have already demonstrated their ineffectiveness and have produced more violence, more pain and more deaths.

Human security can only be guaranteed through means that respect and guarantee human rights, which represent an insurmountable limit for the exercise of power and the regulatory framework that allows us as a society to deliberate without violence and with a common ethical minimum. We call on the authorities to remember that the link between a democratic State and human rights is the essential environment for the effective protection of the rights of all the people who inhabit this country.

• Humanas Corporation
• Amnesty International Chile
• Association of Feminist Lawyers (ABOFEM)
• Action for Palestine
• Group of Relatives of Political Executed Persons
• Democratic Women’s Group
• PRAIS User Group and Human Rights
• Women with Positive Energy Group
• Friends of Mental Health (ADSALUM)
• El Manzano Assembly
• Melipeuco Feminist Assembly
• Chilean Family Protection Association (APROFA)
• Association of Political Exoneratees of former Leaders of the Unitary Central of Workers (ASECUT)
• PRAIS Users Association Southern Metropolitan Service
• Chile Gynecologists Association
• OTD Association
• Cabildo, Health A Right
• PRAIS Self-Help Center and Human Rights from Birth
• Social Cultural and Sports Center for Migrants and Promigrants Buen Vivir Sin Fronteras
• Emancipating Circle of Women and Girls with Disabilities of Chile, (CIMUNIDIS)
• Circle of Feminist Teachers Amanda Labarca
• Cueca Sola Collective Punta Arenas
• Collective of Afro-descendant Women Luanda
• Feminist Collective Marejada del Sur
• Collective Weaving Memories
• Aconcagua Dignity and Human Rights Collective
• Plaza de la Constitución Collective
• Rancagua Human Rights Commission
• Comisión Genero de FUSAM
• Barrio República Heritage and Culture Committee
• Quilpué Human Rights and Ecological Committee
• Coordinator December 19
• Coordinator March 8 Quilpué
• 8M Coordinator
• Coordinator 8M Rancagua
• Feminist Lawyers Corporation (CORAFEM)
• UTE-USACH Solidarity Corporation
• Corporation 3 and 4 Alamos
• Proecology Artists Corporation
• Collective Without Borders Corporation
• Former Political Prisoners Corporation of Pisagua
• Miles Corporation
• XXI Century Women Corporation
• Poets of the World Corporation
• Site of Consciousness and Memories Corporation for Never Again in the O’Higgins Region
• Latin American School Student Federation Postgraduate ARCIS University (FELAP)
• Alchemy Background
• Foundation 1367 José Domingo Cañas Memory House
• Women’s Studies Center Foundation (CEM)
• Intelligent Citizenship Foundation (FCI)
• Popular Health Education Foundation (EPES)
• Foundation for the Protection of Children Damaged by States of Emergency (PIDEE)
• Ecolety Foundation
• Henry Dunant Foundation
• Equals Foundation
• Margen Foundation
• History and Memories Lo Hermida
• LEASUR ONG
• London 38 Space of Memories
• Feminist Doctors Chile (MEDIFEM)
• Pro-Emancipation Movement of Women of Chile (MEMCH)
• Migrant Action Movement
• Women in Resistance Chile
• Modatima Women
• Not One Less – Chile
• Let’s not let go
• Citizen Observatory
• Gender and Equity Observatory (OGE)
• Observatory of Institutional Violence in Chile-OVIC
• ONG Diversa Patagonia
• NGO ESE:The Scripture to Lead
• Migrant Organization
• Human Rights Platform for Good Living
• Union Platform with Us
• Chilean Network against Violence against Women
• Chilean Network of Professionals for the Right to Decide
• Valdivia Women’s Network
• Network of Feminist Journalists and Communicators of Chile
• Solidarity with Cuba Villa Alemana
• Sorority in Resistance
• Workers Andino Antuquelén School