Government submits bill to Congress modifying the powers of the INDH
The Chilean Executive branch submitted with extreme urgency to the Chamber of Deputies a bill aimed at reforming the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH). The initiative modifies the procedural powers of the autonomous body, replacing the power to file lawsuits with an institutional reporting mechanism.
The bill, submitted under Bulletin No. 18.754-17, proposes a restructuring of the INDH's competencies in matters of criminal action, limiting its direct intervention as a plaintiff in serious crimes such as torture, forced disappearance, and human trafficking.
According to the legal background, the regulations in force since 2009 allowed the organization to file lawsuits in specific cases of high institutional and criminal gravity, a role that the new proposal seeks to redirect toward a notification and reporting function before the Public Prosecutor's Office.
The legislative discussion reopens the debate surrounding the institutional design of state counterweights and the guarantees of legal representation for victims in complex judicial processes.
- The Executive branch submitted the INDH reform bill on October 19 with extreme urgency.
- The initiative modifies the role of the INDH in courts, replacing lawsuits with institutional reports.
- The INDH was created in 2009 via Law No. 20.405 under international standards.
- The debate focuses on the scope of the procedural powers of the autonomous body.
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