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September 11, 2024 News Release

Americas: Limited Protection for People Fleeing Venezuela, Haiti

Limited Access to Asylum, Integration Pushes People to the Darién Gap

SENAFRONT officers coordinate the departure of “piraguas,” wooden canoes made from hollowed-out tree trunks
December 1, 2023 Commentary

The Dangers of Conscientious Objection in Chile’s New Constitution

People vote at the former Mapocho train station, now a cultural center, during an election to choose members of a council to draft a proposed new constitution, Santiago, Chile, May 7, 2023.
March 10, 2023 Letter

Letter to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and Paraguay

Priorities for the UN Human Rights Council 52nd session

December 15, 2022 Commentary

Brazil: President Lula Should Pursue a Rights Agenda

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.
June 27, 2022 Commentary

The Americas Should Unify in a Marriage Equality Bloc

Chileans celebrate after lawmakers passed legislation legalizing marriage for same-sex couples, in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix).
April 25, 2022 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Chile

90th session

March 4, 2022 Commentary

Chile Needs More Free Speech, Not Less

Chile’s Constitutional Assembly takes a vote on a justice system reform proposal on March 2, 2022.
January 25, 2022 Dispatches

Chile’s New President-Elect Sets out a Feminist Government

Promises Should Be Realized, and More

People waving with face masks on
December 7, 2021 Dispatches

Chile Overwhelmingly Passes Marriage Equality

Addresses Parentage, Joint Adoption, Assisted Reproductive Technology

A girl waves a rainbow flag while sitting atop her fathers shoulders
July 28, 2021 News Release

Chile: Rulings Uphold Rights of Deported Venezuelans

End Summary Deportations; Respect Due Process

Venezuelan migrants board a plane as they are being deported from Chile, at the General Diego Aracena Aguilar International Airport in Iquique, Chile, on February 10, 2021. 
September 28, 2020 News Release

Chile: Reject ‘Anti-Denial’ Law

Bill on Denying Dictatorship-Era Abuses Would Criminalize Protected Speech

General Augusto Pinochet, who from 1973 to 1990 led a military government in Chile responsible for extensive human rights abuses, in 1975.
September 24, 2020 Commentary

A Step Backward for Same-Sex Couples in Chile

People take part in the annual Pride parade in support of the LGBT community, in Santiago, Chile, on June 22, 2019.
April 2, 2020 News Release

Latin America: Cut Prison Crowding to Fight COVID-19

Unsanitary Cells Prime Condition for Spreading Virus Outside Walls

Inmates point from inside of La Modelo prison in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 22, 2020.
November 26, 2019 Report

Chile: Police Reforms Needed in the Wake of Protests

Excessive Force Against Demonstrators, Bystanders; Serious Abuse in Detention

A police captain holds a teargas gun. A pellet shotgun hangs on his right side.
October 22, 2019 News Release

Chile: Respect Rights in Protest Response

Investigate Reports of Excessive Force

Demonstrators run from police launching water canons and tear gas as a state of emergency remains in effect in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.

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