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Action on Violence against Women and the discussion in the National Congress of the bill
on the right of women to a life free of violence.
484. Chile had made significant efforts to improve living conditions in prisons and
recognised that this was one of the country’s great challenges. The Ministry of Justice and
Human Rights was working on the social reintegration of persons deprived of their liberty
and had established strategic alliances with companies and civil society organizations with
the objective of training inmates to secure them access to employment at the end of their
detention. Chile also highlighted the recent enactment of the law designating the National
Institute of Human Rights as the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture and
other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and stressed that such law
guaranteed the autonomy and functional independence of the mechanism in accordance
with the Paris Principles.
485. The delegation acknowledged the multiple and serious challenges that Chile faced
regarding the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and stressed that these
challenges could only be addressed through peaceful dialogue. It also highlighted the recent
approval of the law granting legal recognition to the Afro-descendant Chilean tribal people,
a group that, for various reasons, had been invisible in the past.
486. Regarding the rights of migrants, the Chamber of Deputies had approved in first
reading the migration bill, which would ensure a safe, orderly and regular migration while
guaranteeing the rights of migrants. The bill created a Migration Policy Council and a
National Migration Service and provided Chile with a modern migratory framework firmly
rooted in the respect of the rights of migrants and in line with international standards on
migration.
487. Since 2008, Chile had been adopting policies to investigate and punish trafficking in
persons and, in 2011, it had approved the law that typified this crime. However, the
delegation acknowledged that more work was needed in this area and highlighted the
importance of measures such as the National Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons
2015-2018, the establishment of specialized prosecutors within the Public Prosecutor
Office, the creation of shelters for women victims of trafficking, and the work of the Intersectoral Panel on Trafficking in Persons.
488. Finally, the delegation thanked all States that had made recommendations that had
been noted or not accepted by Chile. It explained that many of the noted recommendations
were in the process of being implemented or were expected to be implemented in the near
future, and referred to the addendum for its position on the recommendations that were not
accepted.
2.
Views expressed by Member and observer States of the Council on the outcome of the
review
489. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of Chile, 13 delegations made
statements.**
490. Djibouti commended Chile for accepting a great number of the recommendations
received during the third universal periodic review cycle, including one made by Djibouti.
** The statements of the delegations that were unable to deliver them owing to time constraints which
were made available are posted on the extranet of the Human Rights Council, at
https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/41Session/Pages/default.aspx
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