Human Rights Under the Concertacion

Collins, Cath

Human Rights Under the Concertacion

'Human Rights Policy under the Concertación’ pp. 143-172 in Siavelis and Sehnbruch (eds) Democratic Chile: The Politics and Policies of a Historic Coalition, 1990-2010 Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner. 2013

18 Pages Posted: 16 Jul 2015

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Cath Collins

Universidad Diego Portales; Ulster University - Transitional Justice Institute

Date Written: July 8, 2014

Abstract

This chapter explores how public policy and political activity along the transitional justice dimension of post-1990 Chilean politics displayed the kind of risk-averse behaviours suggested by the notion of ‘transitional enclaves’. A succession of Concertacion presidents proved unable or unwilling to force unequivocal acknowledgement and repudiation of dictatorship-era crimes, unless and until occasional civil society ‘irruptions’ provoked policy innovation designed mainly to contain, rather than embracing, continued pressure for human rights change.

Keywords: Chile, transitional justice, Concertacion, Pinochet

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Collins, Cath and Collins, Cath, Human Rights Under the Concertacion (July 8, 2014). 'Human Rights Policy under the Concertación’ pp. 143-172 in Siavelis and Sehnbruch (eds) Democratic Chile: The Politics and Policies of a Historic Coalition, 1990-2010 Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner. 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2628406