International Commission of Jurists

Chile: Mapuche leaders acquitted of terrorism charges

Aug 8, 2005

On 22 July six Mapuche leaders were acquitted of terrorism charges by a criminal court in Temuco, southern Chile. The indigenous leaders stood accused of forming a terrorist organization to advance claims to their ancestral land. Pursuant to a ruling of the Supreme...

Chile: Mapuche leaders re-tried under anti-terror legislation

Jun 8, 2005

Eight Mapuche community leaders will be retried under Chilean anti-terror legislation after the Supreme Court annulled the first proceedings last April, in which the defendants had been acquitted. The indigenous leaders are accused of forming a terrorist organization...
Chilean Supreme Court must not terminate the mandate of judges investigating human rights violations during the dictatorship

Chilean Supreme Court must not terminate the mandate of judges investigating human rights violations during the dictatorship

Apr 18, 2005 | News

The ICJ, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch call on the Chilean Supreme Court to revise its decision to terminate the mandate of the special judges currently investigating human rights violations during the dictatorship.

The Chilean Supreme Court should reconsider its decision to end the mandate of the special judges investigating human rights violations committed under the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, a group of leading international human rights organizations said today in an urgent appeal made in support of their Chilean counterparts.

Chile-crimes shut down-press release-2005 (full text in English, PDF)

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