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501. Pakistan commended Chile for accepting the majority of the recommendations
received, including those made by Pakistan, and appreciated the continued efforts of Chile
for the promotion and protection of the rights of women and children.
502. The Russian Federation noted that the Chile had accepted the majority of its
recommendations and invited Chile to report, by the next cycle of the universal periodic
review, about the creation of the national mechanism on the prevention of torture. It hoped
that Chile would take measures to improve living conditions in prisons and investigate all
cases of excessive use of force by security services during protests and demonstrations,
including against members of the Mapuche indigenous people.
3.
General comments made by other stakeholders
503. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of Chile, eight other stakeholders
made statements.
504. Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII commended Chile for establishing the
Office of the Undersecretary for Human Rights, formulating the national human rights plan,
and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a
communications procedure. It highlighted the lack of an integrated juvenile justice system
and welcomed the acceptance by Chile of recommendations on persons with disabilities,
including on inclusive education. It recommended that, in reforming the migration law,
Chile create humanitarian visas for migrants with disabilities and multiple visas for their
companions or caregivers. It also recommended that Chile create an institutional framework
to enforce compliance with the principles of equality and non-discrimination, take all
measures to overcome architectural barriers, and adopt a national construction policy
compliant with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
505. Action Canada for Population and Development welcomed the support of Chile to
all recommendations addressing the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons, but noted that the Gender
Identity Act 21.120 did not protect transchildren against discrimination within the family. It
encouraged Chile to: i) allow children under 14 years of age to change their names and
gender; ii) stop crimes against LGBTIQ persons through the criminalization of incitement
to hatred and comprehensive sex education programmes; iii) guarantee the right to work for
transpersons; iv) bring Circulars 34 and 21 of the Ministry of Health in line with the
principle of non-pathologization of Act 21.120; and v) prohibit genital mutilation of
intersex babies at birth.
506. Association for Progressive Communications referred to the recommendations
formulated to Chile regarding the impact of digital and surveillance technologies on human
rights, in particular the rights to privacy, expression, assembly and association, as well as
on the exercise of economic, social and cultural rights. It urged Chile to adopt specific
legislation to promote and protect digital rights and hoped that Chile implement an
evaluation of surveillance and personal data collection technologies from a human rights
perspective. It stressed the need to tackle violence against women in the digital
environment and encouraged Chile to review laws, policies and regulations to this end.
507. Federation for Women and Family Planning appreciated the acceptance by Chile of
various recommendations on the rights of persons with disabilities, including on the rights
of institutionalized children with disabilities and on the alignment of national legislation
with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, it noted that
Chile had already received in the past recommendations in these areas with no significant
progress. It invited Chile to repeal legislative provisions that allowed substituted decisionmaking and implement supported decision-making models. It also urged Chile to recognize
and protect the sexual and reproductive rights, family rights and the right to political
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