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Chile - OPCAT Situation

Updated 06.06.2013

Chile ratified the OPCAT in 2008. One year later, a new National Human Rights Institute was established by law and the government informed the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture about its intention to designate the NHRI as the NPM, although the NHRI's legislation does not include specific reference to the OPCAT.

The NHRI started its operations in 2010 and discussions are ongoing within the institution on how to implementation of the NPM mandate.

The SPT member Enrique Andrés Font is the SPT Focal Point for Chile.

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification December 12, 2008
UNCAT Ratification September 30, 1988
NPM Designated

National Human Rights Institute

NPM Type

National Human Rights Institution

NPM Legal Framework

National Human Rights Institute's Law (10 December 2009)

Information
Population 16 601 707
Area (sq km) 756 102
Number of prisons 149
Prison population 53 892
Quick links

Communication to the SPT: Official Correspondence from Chile (28 December 2009)

CAT: Concluding Observations (May 2009)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (May 2009)

SRT: Report (January 1996)