UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review – 46th Session

Universal Periodic Review of Chile

30 April 2024

Statement by Australia

Thank you, Vice President.

Australia welcomes Chile's promulgation of the National Human Rights Institute as the national preventative mechanism against torture. We also welcome Chile's efforts to advance the rights of LGBTQIA+ persons, including protections for intersex children.

Australia is concerned by the ongoing use of Chile's Anti-Terrorism Law against Indigenous activists.

Australia recommends Chile:

1. Render the Anti-Terrorism Law inapplicable against Indigenous land activists and address the root causes underpinning State conflict with Indigenous groups.
2. Strengthen police accountability, including by adopting regulations on the use of force, reforming the police code of conduct and increasing civil oversight over police operations.
3. Remove the death penalty as a punishment from the Military Justice Code.