translated from Spanish: DD Committee. HH. OAS representatives who denounced violations in Sename received

This Thursday was in Washington meeting between the Inter-American Commission on human rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the representatives of the Chilean State, in the case of violations resident children of the Cre Ad of Playa Ancha – which is close to its closing – and that is part of the so-called case of Sename.
Senator Francisco Chahuán alongside the lawyers Juan Carlos Manríquez and Esteban Elórtegui, were invited by the Commissioners to expose all the background that have and which sustain the filed lawsuit against all who are responsible for abuses that occurred inside the home of Valparaiso.
In the instance, Manriquez said after the meeting, discussed topics such as “cruel, inhuman treatment and degrading against children and adolescents accredited judicially, which points to a failed State”.
In the same vein he added that “the Inter-American Commission on human rights should keep the provisional measures and join the Chilean State in the process, recommending corrective and asegurativas measures with the highest standards of recognition, promotion” and entry into force of the human rights of children in Chile, under the American Convention on human rights and to article 5 second paragraph 2nd of the national Constitution.”
Also stressed Manriquez to the Commission “should be advised to Chile a new regime of effective legal representation of the material and procedural rights of children in the judicial system, because the current does not comply with the duty of recognition, promotion and” force in Chile”, mentioning that also” it should recommend that the judicial proceedings underway, not may end up in alternative outlets other than the trial of oral, public and contradictory”.
And he said that “ongoing research still not judicializadas, can dismiss are not reported prescribed, because it’s attacks on the human rights of those who are in position of disability claim them”, stressing that “the representative of the State of Chile said be agreed entirely with our request, as a national shame.”
Chahuan, meanwhile, explained that the intent of the meeting was to “pursue our complaint about the situations occurred in Cread of Valparaiso which affected and violated the rights of children”, cause in which there are 8 formalized people.
“We want to maintain those measures and precautionary monitoring of the Inter-American Commission is maintained until its decommissioning in addition to denounce the grave situation in which the children live in terms of violations of their rights, particularly” “, those who are institutionalized”, he continued, stressing that for this reason “we propose critical situations with respect to Sename, pointing to that we have a failed State in the protection of the rights of children and adolescents in our country”.
Finally, the lawyer and former regional director of Sename of Valparaiso, Esteban Elórtegui, said after the meeting, the importance for “the Government of Chile to take all measures to safeguard children, girls and adolescents living in the create”, mentioning that “the Commissioners are very aware of the situation in our country, not only from the residence of Playa Ancha, but the situation in general more defied childhood and which is under the national service for minors”.

Original source in Spanish