Chile

Chile has a standing national mechanism entitled "Coordinating Commission to comply with the obligations of the State of Chile in the field of international human rights law" which was initially created in 2006 and reactivated by Ministerial Decree No. 67/2025. The Commission engages with both international and regional human rights mechanisms.

The mechanism was reactivated by Ministerial Decree No. 67/2025, which amends Decree No. 323/2006, both issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Composition The Commission is composed of the following institutions: a) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will chair it; b) Ministry of the Interior and Public Security; c) Ministry of National Defense; d) Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency; e) Ministry General Secretariat of Government; f) Ministry of Social Development and Family; g) Ministry of Education; h) Ministry of Justice and Human Rights; i) Ministry of Labor and Social Security; j) Ministry of Health; k) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development; l) Ministry of the Environment; m) Ministry of Women and Gender Equality; n) Public Prosecutor's Office; o) Carabineros de Chile; p) Chilean Investigative Police; q) Public Defender's Office; r) Gendarmería de Chile; s) National Service for Specialized Protection of Children and Adolescents; t) National Service for Minors; u) National Service for Juvenile Social Reintegration; v) National Migration Service.

Additionally, the Director of the Budget Office of the Ministry of Finance and representatives of other State administration bodies and officials, as well as members of other branches of government, may attend as invited guests, with the right to speak, if invited by agreement of the Commission.

The process of designating focal points is carried out by means of an official request from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the other participating ministries.

Methods of work Terms of reference/rules of procedure are currently being elaborated by the Commission. They will aim to include ways to ensure retention of institutional memory and knowledge. The terms of reference will also include the periodicity of meetings.

Secretariat The Secretariat is headed by the Human Rights Division of the General Secretariat for Foreign Policy of the Undersecretariat for Foreign Affairs, which will receive technical advice and collaboration from the Undersecretariat for Human Rights of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. The Commission is in the process of drafting its Rules of Procedure.

MANDATE

The mandate of the national mechanism includes:

• Submission of reports to UN human rights mechanisms (treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review);
• Response to individual complaints from UN treaty bodies;
• Response to communications (letters of allegation, urgent appeals, questionnaires) from UN Special Procedures and organization of visits by Special Procedures;
• Submission of reports to regional human rights mechanisms;
• Follow-up on recommendations from human rights mechanisms (Special Procedures, treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review);
• Implementation of recommendations from human rights mechanisms (including contributions to legislative changes).

The Commission has recently been reactivated. It is yet to adopt its terms of reference/rules of procedure. The mandate of the Commission extends to the engagement with all human rights mechanisms at both international and regional levels.

Process for the preparation of state reports The Commission currently disseminates recommendations received to the relevant departments. The Commission is in the process of drafting its Rules of Procedure, which will establish the mechanisms for reporting on the measures taken to implement the aforementioned obligations and recommendations.

Coordination modalities are to be determined in the Commission's terms of reference/rules of procedure. The Commission has had one meeting, at its birth, in April 2025 where all focal points in addition to representatives from Parliament/Congress and Judiciary attended.

Linkages with the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals To date, the national mechanism does not have the implementation of Agenda 2030 among its functions.

Channel of communication with the National Statistics Office There is currently no institutional channel of communication with the National Statistics Office.

Channel of communication with the Parliament At its first meeting held shortly after the commission's establishment on 29 April 2025, representatives from Congress participated. The details of its future operation will be regulated in the Commission's terms of reference/rules of procedure.

Channel of communication with the Judiciary At its first meeting held shortly after the commission's establishment on 29 April 2025, representatives from the judiciary participated. The details of its future operation will be regulated in the Commission's terms of reference/rules of procedure.

CONSULTATION

Consultation processes have yet to be defined in the Commission's terms of reference/rules of procedure. It is worth highlighting that, since 2023, the State has engaged in both virtual and in-person public consultations with civil society as part of the preparation of its reports and/or reviews before international bodies.

The Commission will have a digital tool to systematize international human rights recommendations (SIMORE Plus), where the implementation process will also be reported on. The Undersecretary for Human Rights is in the process of drafting regulations for the use of SIMORE, which will establish the frequency of its updates.

A National Human Rights Plan is in place. In accordance with the law that governs its establishment, the formulation of this plan must incorporate input from civil society, as well as relevant reports, proposals, and recommendations from the National Institute of Human Rights (NHRI), the Inter-American Human Rights System, and the Universal Human Rights System.

Human Rights Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs