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OHCHR / CHILE HUMAN RIGHTS
STORY: OHCHR / CHILE HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 03:04
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 DECEMBER 2019, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Imma Guerras-Delgado, Head of the Mission to Chile of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The demonstrations that have taken place in Chile since mid-October have multiple root causes, including social and economic inequality. The majority of those who have exercised the right to assembly during this period have done so in a peaceful manner. We have found that the overall management of assemblies by the police was carried out in a fundamentally repressive manner.”
3. Close up, journalist
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Imma Guerras-Delgado, Head of the Mission to Chile of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The use of pellets containing lead has been a main concern for us during the mission. The report refers to many cases of young people that suffered ocular trauma, including the case of Gustavo Gatica, a 21-year-old student who suffered ocular trauma on both eyes and became blind as a result, our team met with the family at the hospital when he was going through surgery, trying to save one of his eyes.”
5. Med shot, journalist
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Imma Guerras-Delgado, Head of the Mission to Chile of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Based on the information we gathered, we conclude that from 18 October onwards, a high number of serious human rights violations were committed in many cities throughout the country. Human rights violations documented by OHCHR include the excessive or unnecessary use of force that led to unlawful killings and injuries, arbitrary detentions and torture and ill treatment.”
7. Close up, hands typing on laptop computer
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Imma Guerras-Delgado, Head of the Mission to Chile of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We compiled and analysed a considerable volume of information, including that that was provided by the authorities. We carried out two hundred and thirty-five interviews with victims and witnesses of alleged human rights violations. And we had 60 interviews with police officers, medical personnel and members of the judiciary, among others. The government fully cooperated with the team and we were granted unhindered access to places of detention and hospitals.”
Various shots, journalists
In a report published today (13 Dec), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that during the recent mass protests and state of emergency in Chile, the police and army failed to adhere to international human rights norms and standards relating to management of assemblies and the use of force.
At a briefing at the Palais des Nations, Imma Guerras-Delgado, Head of the OHCHR team which spent the first three weeks of November researching the situation across seven regions of Chile, detailed elements of the 30-page report.
Guerras-Delgado said, “the demonstrations that have taken place in Chile since mid-October have multiple root causes, including social and economic inequality” and stressed that “the majority of those who have exercised the right to assembly during this period have done so in a peaceful manner.”
She said the team “found that the overall management of assemblies by the police was carried out in a fundamentally repressive manner.”
Guerras-Delgado said the report looks at the use of pellets containing lead by security forces, and “refers to many cases of young people that suffered ocular trauma, including the case of Gustavo Gattaca, a 21-year-old student who suffered ocular trauma on both eyes and became blind as a result.”
The report concludes that from 18 October onwards, “a high number of serious human rights violations were committed in many cities throughout the country,” including “the excessive or unnecessary use of force that led to unlawful killings and injuries, arbitrary detentions and torture and ill treatment.”
Guerras-Delgado said the team “compiled and analysed a considerable volume of information, including that that was provided by the authorities” and “carried out two hundred and thirty-five interviews with victims and witnesses of alleged human rights violations” as well as “60 interviews with police officers, medical personnel and members of the judiciary, among others.”
She added that the government “fully cooperated with the team and we were granted unhindered access to places of detention and hospitals.”
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