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1 Niall MacDermot, Supplement to Final Report of International Commission of Jurists Mission to Chile 1 (1975)

handle is hein.icj/spmch0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SUPPLEMENT TO FINAL REPORT of INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS MISSION TO CHILE by Niall MacDermot, Secretary-General 29 January. 1975 Since the publication in September 1974 of the Report of the International Commission of Jurists' Mission to Chile, there have been a number of signifi- cant developments concerning human rights. 1. Termination of the State of War On September 11, 1974, the anniversary of the coup, General Pinochet an- nounced the termination of the state of war- However, under Decree No. 640, issued the previous day, four new grades of state of siege were created. One of these, to apply in cases of internal commotion, is a state of siege to the degree of internal defence. In this situation the system of military justice in time of war applies in the same way as under a state of war. On September 11, 1974, the Junta declared that the whole country continued in a state of siege to the degree of internal defence. The announcement of the termination Qf the state of war has, therefore, no effect on the legal system. The system of military justice in time of war remains in force, subject to all the defects described in the International Commission of Jurists' Report, and since corro- boratedby the important report of the Human Rights Commission of the Organisa- tion of American States. 2. Arrests and Releases of Detainees During the last nine months it appears that there may have been some net reduction in the number of political prisoners and that some prison camps have been closed. It is not possible to state the numbers of prisoners remaining, partly because no comprehensive statistics are published, and partly because new-arrests are continually being made.

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