Sebastián Piñera has been accused of committing crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court

Two organizations and a judge have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, accusing him of committing crimes against humanity for his role as head of state during the harsh crackdown on demonstrators by security forces during the epidemic. October 2019 social media. The complaint also holds other political and police authorities in Chile to account.

The presentation was made by the Chilean Commission on Human Rights (CHDH), former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) and the Centro di Ricerca ed Elaborazione per la Democrazia (CRED), of Italy.

The arguments of the thesis describe that “homicides, torture, sexual torture, eye trauma, mutilation and loss of sight, serious injuries, arbitrary detentions” what happened during this period they would reflect an alleged “policy of massive, serious and systematic violations of human rights” by the Piñera government.

Those who have presented this legal remedy consider that the Chilean state has been unable to provide a judicial response to multiple accusations of human rights violations since October 2019, approximately 8,510 complaints and complaints to the public prosecutor. 46% of them were completed without much progress.

“The above implies that some 3,050 investigations into proceedings for ‘institutional violence’ have been carried out. by administrative means in the great majority and only marginally with the approval of the corresponding guarantee judge, which corresponds to 46% of the total lines of investigation for crimes committed during the period by agents of the State against the civilian population, ”says the letter.

The complainants also noted that The Chilean state has failed to implement the recommendations that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, were formulated two months after the start of the protests in Chile.

El escrito apuntó a su vez al sistema judicial chileno por su “asimétrica respuesta”, ilustrada en decisión de decretar masivas prisiones preventivas en contra de los protestantes, pero no así con el personal policial y las autoridades acusadas de violar los derechos humanos de la City.

Among the figures left by the national protest at the end of 2019 The more than 460 injuries to the eyes of the riflemen and the 2,340 complaints against this police stand out. In addition, 3,500 injuries at the hands of state officials were recorded. Only 92 carabineros were made official for different reasons.

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The person responsible for presenting the defense against the complaint was the Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Rodrigo Delgado, who stressed that the government has always respected human rights.

According to the minister, this “unrestricted attachment” to human rights it would have become obvious on the occasion of the recent anniversary of the Carabineros de Chile, where Piñera insisted on the issue and in “respect for protocols precisely with regard to human rights, he has always called for truth and justice in this regard, ”said Delgado.

Faced with the accusation which indicates that nearly half of the cases which arose during the social epidemic of 2019 have been finalized, the minister indicated that “The cases which have been investigated and the pending cases, another power of the state like justice and the legal system that exist in this case in Chile will investigate this issue “

The international complaint was not the only negative news for La Moneda. After the Chilean government was forced to enact a law allowing contributors to withdraw 10% of their pension funds for the third time, the survey by the Center for Public Studies (considered “the mother of all Chilean polls”) yesterday reflected that Piñera only has a 9% approval rating.

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