Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. EDT

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On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet launched a coup in Chile that lasted for 17 years. Current estimates indicate that during this time frame, 1,747 people were killed, 1,469 people were victims of forced disappearance, and more than 1,856 people were tortured. In 1979, the Pinochet regime implemented a self-amnesty provision, protecting almost all those involved from prosecution as a result of the coup and its aftermath. After the dictatorship ended, Chile began a series of justice and accountability efforts and, even today, continues prosecutions and conversations around the impact of the Pinochet regime.

This webinar will explore a brief background of what happened during the Pinochet regime, justice and accountability efforts after the regime, the role of third-party actors in these justice and accountability efforts, and what other pathways exist for victims and survivors of human rights violations under Pinochet.

Join the ILS International Criminal Law Committee as we hear from Javier Andres Contreras Olivares, Legal Advisor, Unit of Public Policies, Division of Promotion, Undersecretary of Human Rights, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Chile.

This webinar is free and open to all.

About the speaker

Javier Andrés Contreras Olivares is a Chilean lawyer with extensive professional experience in human rights, international law, criminal law and public policies.

For ten years, Javier disputed highly technical and complex accountability cases about gross violations of human rights perpetrated by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), with a high rate of convictions.

Since April 2022, Javier has been the Legal Advisor of the Unit of Public Policies, Division of Promotion, Undersecretariat of Human Rights of Chile.

There will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions at the webinar. However, you may also submit questions for Javier in advance through the online form below. Please understand that due to time restrainsts, we may not be able to get to every question during the program.

 

A program by the International Criminal Law Committee of the American Bar Association International Law Section

Co-sponsored by the International Association of Genocide Scholars