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Chile

Regional group:

Latin American & Caribbean Group

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	Vice-president (2009-2010, 2018)
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2007-2008, 2015) Member of Working Group on Situations (2014 (two terms))
OHCHR presence:	Regional Office
NHRI accreditation status:	A

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Standing - Inter-Ministerial

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Extreme poverty and human rights; Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; Civil society space; The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights; Local government and human rights; High-level panel discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action; Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure; Integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system; Civil society space: COVID-19: the road to recovery and the essential role of civil society; Promotion and protection of human rights in Nicaragua; Situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; Mandate of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2008, Chile has either voted in favour of or has joined consensus on all resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention), and country-specific resolutions under item 2 (it did, however, vote against 2019 and 2020 resolutions on Venezuela under item 2, and abstained from one 2019 item 2 resolution on the Philippines). For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Chile has generally voted in favour (although on two occasions it abstained – in 2010). On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Chile has joined consensus on all resolutions except for give that were voted on (during the period of its membership): two on cooperation with Ukraine (Chile voted in favour); one on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Chile voted in favour); and two on cooperation with Georgia (Chile abstained). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Chile has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, Chile has nearly always voted in favour. The exceptions to this rule are the 2009 and 2010 votes on the OIC’s annual resolutions on defamation of religion – Chile voted against the drafts. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Chile has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, nearly all adopted texts. One exception is the Cuban resolution on foreign debt – Chile consistently abstains during the vote; Chile also abstained from a 2020 vote on eliminating inequality; Chile further voted against a 2014 resolution on protection of the family.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

155

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on cultural rights, 2017

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

None overdue

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2014, 2019)

Mid-term report

1st, 2nd & 3rd cycles

Level of delegation

Deputy Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 107 / 192

2^nd cycle: 167 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 2

Chile presented voluntary pledges and commitments in support of its candidature for membership for the period 2018-2020 on 22 February 2017.

Key pledges include: Support an operational and effective multilateral system that recognises the close interrelationship between peace and security, sustainable development, and human rights; Support and safeguard the participation of civil society and the input of human rights defenders; Encourage a conciliatory approach at the Council, emphasising the need for progressive development of international human rights law; Continue to cooperate with the Council’s mechanisms; Support the strengthening of the Council and its mechanisms, including by supporting its prevention and protection work, by streamlining its agenda, and by drawing attention to the underfunding of the UN’s human rights pillar; Formulate and adopt a four-year national human rights plan, including goals and targets, and put in place a national mechanism for implementation, measurement, and follow-up; Consider the creation of a ministry of indigenous peoples and a national council of indigenous peoples; Consider the creation of an office of the ombudsperson for children’s rights; Establish a national mechanism for the prevention of torture in compliance with OP-CAT; and consider draft legislation criminalising enforced disappearance, in compliance with ICED.

An analysis of steps taken by Chile in fulfilment of its international level pledges shows that it maintains a standing invitation and has facilitated most of the visit requests and responded to most of the communications received from Special Procedures. Chile has also engaged strongly with the UPR, participating at a high-political level and submitting mid-term reports. Concerning cooperation with the Treaty Bodies, Chile has ratified all 8 core conventions and has submitted its periodic reports under all of them. Chile has supported (i.e., voted in favour or joined consensus) all resolutions on the Council’s prevention mandate. Chile indeed established a national mechanism for the prevention of torture in compliance with OP-CAT.

Chile

Latin American & Caribbean Group

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 107 / 192

2nd cycle: 167 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 2

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 107 / 192

2^nd cycle: 167 / 192