In August 2003 the President of the Republic, Mr. Ricardo Lagos Escobar, unveiled the government's proposal on human rights called "No tomorrow without yesterday." It contained a series of measures to "further progress in the delicate process of healing the wounds caused by the serious human rights violations that occurred between September 11, 1973 and March 10, 1990." Among such measures was the creation of a "... commission to establish rigorously a list of people who have suffered imprisonment and torture for political reasons. "
This measure was completed on November 11, 2003, the date on which it is published in the Official Journal of Supreme Decree (Interior) N ° 1040, which created the National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture "to clarify the truth about the serious situation referred to in the preceding paragraph. The decree provided that, within six months of this date1, the Commission should determine who were the people who suffered imprisonment and torture for political reasons in the period from 11 September 1973 and 10 March 1990, and propose remedies.
The foundations of that Decree stated that "any attempt to solve the problem of human rights in Chile requires to give an overall view of violations of fundamental rights of the human person and recognize victims of such violations "and that" many of these people have so far been recognized as victims of repression, nor have received any compensation from the state "and that" only to the extent that we clarify completely Indeed, recognition of their victims and repair the unjust
harm caused, the country can move forward effectively on the path of reconciliation and reunion "2.
Notes:
1 Expandable to three months to prepare the corresponding report. Then, using the DS (Interior) 889, 2004, that deadline was extended until on 30.11.04
2 See Annex Supreme Decree No. 1040, which creates National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture.
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