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Chile

US Government Resources

U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Labor
CIA
Library of Congress
Congressional Research Service
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections - June 2024
  • Chile: An Overview - Sept. 2024

 

Foreign Government Reports

 

Canada Immigration and Refugee Board
    • ZZZ201620.E - Chile and Haiti: Requirements and procedures for foreign nationals, particularly Haitians, including parents or spouses of Chilean citizens or permanent residents, to obtain and maintain permanent residence in Chile, including through temporary residence; rights and obligations of permanent residents; circumstances leading to the loss of permanent residence; possibility of extending or reacquiring status if lost or expired (2021–January 2023) - July 2023
    • ZZZ201371.E - Chile and Venezuela: Access for Venezuelans to obtain legal residency status in Chile, including rights and obligations of residency (2021–January 2023) - Jan. 2023
    • ZZZ201334.E - Chile and Haiti: Requirements and procedures for foreign nationals, particularly Haitians, including parents or spouses of Chilean citizens or permanent residents, to obtain and maintain permanent residence in Chile, including through temporary residence; rights and obligations of permanent residents; circumstances leading to the loss of permanent residence; possibility of extending or reacquiring status if lost or expired (2021–January 2023) - Feb. 2023
    • ZZZ201108.E - Chile/Haiti: Requirements and procedures for foreign nationals, particularly Haitians, including parents or spouses of Chilean citizens or permanent residents, to obtain and maintain permanent residence in Chile, including through temporary residence; the circumstances leading to the loss of permanent residence; the possibility of extending or reacquiring status if lost or expired (2020–July 2022) - Sept. 2022

    • CHL201160.E - Chile: Child custody rights, including legislation; whether a parent can relocate with a child without notifying the other parent, including in situations involving domestic violence and in situations when a protection or restraining order is in place; procedures for a parent to locate their child - May 2023

    • CHL201160.E - Chile: Domestic violence, including treatment of survivors by society and authorities; state protection, including for survivors who are persons with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and survivors who are Indigenous; support services available to survivors, including mental health services - May 2023

    • ZZZ201445.E -  Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay: Rights of citizens of countries belonging to the Southern Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur, MERCOSUR) to residence, employment, and education in other MERCOSUR countries (2021–April 2023) - April 2023
    • ZZZ201307.E - Chile and Haiti: Situation and treatment of Haitian nationals in Chile, including access to employment, housing, and social services; state protection (2021–January 2023) - Feb. 2023

    • CHL200952.E  - Chile: State protection authorities, including whether protection is available from the Office of the Prosecutor General (Ministerio Público) [also translated as Public Ministry or Public Prosecutor's Office] or criminal courts directly; effectiveness of state authorities in investigating crimes, laying charges, obtaining convictions, and protecting citizens - May 2023

    • CHL201160.E - Chile: Domestic violence, including treatment of survivors by society and authorities; state protection, including for survivors who are persons with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and survivors who are Indigenous; support services available to survivors, including mental health services - May 2023

    • CHL104908.E  - Chile: Situation of sexual minorities, including legislation; treatment by society and authorities; state protection and services available (2010-July 2014) -  July 2014 

    • CHL105150.E Chile: The National Socialist Action Movement (Movimiento de Acción Nacional Socialista, MANS), including its objectives and membership; whether its members have been accused of crimes (2008-January 2015) - May 1, 2015

 

Non-Government Organization Reports

BBC
Amnesty International
  • Amnesty International Report: The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2024 - Apr. 2024
  • Americas: Regularization and protection: International obligations for the protection of Venezuelan nationals - Sept. 2023
  • Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World’s Human Rights - Mar. 2023
  • Chile: “No one wants to live in hiding” Lack Of Protection For Venezuelan Refugees In Chile - Mar 2023

  • I'didn’t know there were two kinds of justice’: Military jurisdiction and police brutality in Chile.-  Apr. 2016
Country Maps
Election World
Freedom House
Human Rights Watch
  • Probable Cause - September 2005
  • Undue Process: Terrorism Trials, Military Courts, and the Mapche in Southern Chile - October 2004
  • Progress Stalled Setbacks in Freedom of Expression Reform - March 2001
Minority Rights Group International
  • State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - 2015, 2012
Outright Action International
  • Human Rights Violations of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People in Chile - July 2014
World Health Organization

 

Country Profiles

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Freedom House  Human Rights Watch
Updated September 9, 2024