MOVILH accuses Under-Secretary of Human Rights of "obstructing" the equality of marriage

The Movement for the Integration and Liberation of Homobaduals (Movilh) denounced the fact that the Under-Secretary of Human Rights, Lorena Recabarren, is hindering progress towards the equality of wedding.

According to the organization, the person "has led a process that has unfolded its objectives dismantle Chile's national and international commitments in favor of the equality of marriage, to a point that is has become the main government obstacle to the promotion of this law and to the rights of LGBTI people. "

Oscar Rementería, spokesman for Movilh We learned that" we learned that Recabarren had amended the National Human Rights Plan. the man with whom we worked with Michelle Bachelet's previous government, arbitrarily, whimsically and unconditionally changing the commitment to "promote" equal marriage "Watch" this bill. "

The Chief stated that "It's a very serious situation, for a variety of reasons." First, Chile has made a commitment to promote the equality of marriage before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. l & # 3 9, man (IACHR), under an amicable settlement agreement that the Comptroller General's Office has declared legal and binding. Without going further, it is under this agreement that the National Human Rights Plan has undermined the promotion of the equal right to marriage. "

" Second, the validity and legitimacy of the National Human Rights Plan requires the help of civil society, which only guarantees the proposal of the Government of Bachelet, because the current under Secretary for Human Rights has acted on the fringe of organizations and social movements, "said Rementería.

. He underlined that" by virtue of "these elements and others, we will have recourse to the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, in charge of badyzing the National Plan of Human Rights. "

" Similarly, we consulted today the National Institute of Human Rights (NHRI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. According to Recabarren, the new proposal of the National Human Rights Plan was elaborated with these examples. However, we doubt that the NHRI or the OHCHR support the breaking of Chile's commitments on LGBTI issues and the equality of marriage, "said Rementería

El Movilh finally announced" that on Saturday 17 November, they told us said at 2:00 pm on Plaza Italia with a march in favor of the equality of marriage and the rejection of homophobia that prevents the advancement of the law "