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(Agency One) – Senator Felipe Harboe (PPD) asked the Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Delgado, to suspend the processing, in the Senate Security Committee, of the bill that establishes the statute for the police.
Harboe argued that “It has observations on fundamental rights that it is important to correct.” In addition, he pointed out that “it is always important to listen to international organizations on human rights and see what the international experience in this matter is.”
During the meeting, whose focus was to delve into the progress of the reform of the Carabineros, the legislator pointed out that at the meeting he raised “the urgency of advancing in this matter. It is very important for the country, for democracy, for social peace ”.
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In this context, the senator assured that “I saw a very good disposition on the part of the minister. I told him that I considered it very important to put my foot on the accelerator, particularly in training civil servants who are on the streets today so that they know the new protocols and procedures ”.
“Because what cannot happen is that we have another episode of violation of human rights, as they have been given previously. It is very important to regain social peace, but that is always done within the framework of respect for the law and the rule of law ”, he added.
Additionally, Harboe stated that the third topic that was seen in the meeting was “raise the need to reinforce a set of aid through Regional Governments ”.
While, José Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch, was against the measure and maintained on his Twitter that “the project contradicts international standards by ignoring the principles of necessity and proportionality in the use of force.”
With this rule, Carabineros could injure or even kill even when it is irrational to protect a third party.
Even the law could be misused to facilitate impunity for the serious abuses committed during the social outbreak.
– José Miguel Vivanco (@JMVivancoHRW) December 16, 2020
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