Human Rights Policies in Chile (eBook)

Silvia Borzutzky is Teaching Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

1. Transitional Justice                                                                          2. Pinochet and the Politics of DestructionIntroductionThe Abusers and the AbusedGeneral Pinochet, DINA and the Military                                                The Courts                                                                              Other Accomplices                                                                      The Business Class                                                                      The Human Rights ActorsConclusions                                                                                     3. The Aylwin Administration: Doing As Much As PossibleIntroductionA Very Limited Transition to Democracy                                                  The Executive Branch: Pursuing the Truth through the TRC           The Military Reacts: Civil-Military Conflicts                                           Pursuing Injustice: The Courts and the Amnesty DecreeFull Stop Laws and other Attempts to Legislate the Past                                 Conclusion: Some Truth, but no Justice                                                                                                           4. The Frei Administration and the Politics of Denial                                                 IntroductionBefore 1998: Transition to NowhereThe Inexistent Human Rights PolicyFailed Attempts to Reform the Constitution and End Trials through Human Rights Bill                                                                       Post 1998: The Human Rights Issues are Back in Full Force                               General Pinochet’s Arrest in London                                Pursuing the Truth and The Mesa de DiálogoPursuing Justice: The Trials BeginConclusions: 1990-2000                                                                         5. The Lagos Administration: Moving Along Multiple FrontsIntroductionThe Roundtable Report and its AftermathPursuing the Truth: The National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture      Pursuing Justice: More Trials                                                         Legislative Actions: the 2005 Constitutional ReformsOther Executive Actions                                                                 General Cheyre: Never Again and Criminal ResponsibilityCongress and the Executive: Another Failed Attempt to get Full Stop Legislation      Conclusions                                                                                       6. The Bachelet Administration: Identifying and Remembering the Victims                                                             IntroductionExecutive Actions: Improvements in Forensic Identification Techniques Executive Actions: Museums and MemorialExecutive Actions: Extending the Valech Commission’s MandateThe Courts, the Caravan Case “again” and the Death of the GeneralConclusions                                                                                          7. Commemorating Chile’s Bicentennial and the Coup’s 40th Anniversary During the Piñera AdministrationIntroduction                                                                            The Approach to Human RightsJudicial Reform and the Court CasesThe Bicentennial Pardon and the Promotion AgreementSeptember 11, 2013: The 40th Anniversary of the CoupConclusion                                                                              8. Conclusions