Resumen Ejecutivo Informe sobre DDHH en Chile 2020 Comisión de DDHH de la ONU
Chile is a constitutional multiparty democracy. In 2017 the country held presidential elections and concurrent legislative elections, which observers considered free and fair. Former president (2010-14) Sebastian Pinera won the presidential election and took office in March 2018.
The Carabineros and the Investigative Police have legal responsibility for law enforcement and maintenance of order, including migration and border enforcement, within the country. The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security oversees both forces. Civilian authorities generally maintained effective control over the security forces.
Members of the security forces committed abuses.
On October 25, the country held a plebiscite, which observers considered free and fair, in which a majority approved the drafting of a new constitution. Significant human rights issues included reports of arbitrary or unlawful killings; torture by law enforcement officers; violence against indigenous persons; and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex persons.
The government took steps to identify, investigate, prosecute, and punish officials who committed human rights abuses.
