A/HRC/41/2
(a)
The national report submitted by Chile in accordance with paragraph 15 of
the annex to Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution
16/21 (A/HRC/WG.6/32/CHL/1);
(b)
The compilation prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 of the
annex to Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21
(A/HRC/WG.6/32/CHL/2);
(c)
The summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 of the
annex to Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21
(A/HRC/WG.6/32/CHL/3).
477. At its 24th meeting, on 4 July 2019, the Human Rights Council considered and
adopted the outcome of the review of Chile (see section C below).
478. The outcome of the review of Chile comprises the report of the Working Group on
the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/41/6) and the views of Chile concerning the
recommendations and/or conclusions, as well as its voluntary commitments and its replies
to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in
the Working Group, and which were presented before the adoption of the outcome by the
plenary (see also A/HRC/41/6/Add.1).
1.
Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or
conclusions, its voluntary commitments and the outcome
479. The delegation, headed by Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Chile to
the United Nations Office in Geneva, Juan Eduardo Eguiguren, thanked the Human Rights
Council for the opportunity provided to Chile to have an open and transparent dialogue
during the review process.
480. The strength of the universal periodic review was its being a space for dialogue
between recommending States and the State under review, more than an examination to
which States periodically submitted themselves. During its third review, Chile had received
266 recommendations from 101 States. Following a participatory process at national level,
Chile had decided to accept 211 recommendations, which constituted 79.32 per cent of the
total number of recommendations received.
481. The accepted recommendations referred to a multiplicity of topics, including the
rights of children and adolescents, indigenous peoples, women, persons deprived of their
liberty, and the use of force by the police. Chile shared the analysis of the human rights
challenges that was at the basis of these recommendations and the Government had sought
to generate national agreements and specific programmes in these areas.
482. In March 2018, the President of the Republic had called on all political and social
sectors in the country to join a working group tasked with developing a “National
Agreement on Childhood”. The report of this group, presented in May of the same year,
contained a number of measures aimed at ensuring adequate protection to children and
adolescents. As a result, a set of bills had been submitted to the National Congress with the
objective of improving the services provided by the State for the protection of children and
adolescents in vulnerable situations. Chile was also taking the necessary measures to
comply with the recommendations made in 2018 by the Committee on the Rights of the
Child and had already sent the corresponding report to that Committee.
483. In 2018, the President of the Republic had also launched a gender equity agenda (so
called “Agenda Mujer”) containing a number of legislative and administrative measures
aimed at promoting full equality of rights between men and women. In addition, the
delegation highlighted the implementation, between 2014 and 2018, of the National Plan of
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