Chile - When Tyrants Tremble: the Pinochet Case
| Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | B1101 |
| Cite as | Human Rights Watch, Chile - When Tyrants Tremble: the Pinochet Case , 1 October 1999, B1101, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a84d8.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
| Comments | As Chile prepares for presidential elections in December 1999, the Pinochet arrest has prompted debate about the human rights legacy of the military. The crisis has also highlighted the undemocratic aspects of the constitution which Chile inherited from Pinochet. In this report, Human Rights Watch describes encouraging developments in Chilean courts during the year since Pinochet's arrest. Before Pinochet's arrest, the courts stifled most prosecutions of human rights violations from the military government through application of a 1978 amnesty law. |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Sebastian Brett, Human Rights Watch researcher, wrote this report. Reed Brody, Human Rights Watch advocacy director and Helena Cook contributed material to Chapter II. The report was edited by José Miguel Vivanco, executive director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch; Anne Manuel, deputy director of the Americas Division; Cynthia Brown, Human Rights Watch program director; Wilder Tayler, general counsel, and Reed Brody. Human Rights Watch associates Jessica Galería and Monisha Bajaj helped produce it.
Felipe González, director of the Research Department of Diego Portales University Law Faculty commented in detail on the report.
We are extremely grateful to the Ford Foundation for providing funding to support our research costs, enabling us to closely monitor events in Chile and elsewhere for a six month period.