translated from Spanish: DD’s undersecretary. Hh. clarified details on bill governing the right to meeting

The Undersecretary for Human Rights, Lorena Recabarren, delivered further details regarding the Executive’s project that would regulate the right to a meeting. At the hands of Minister Hernán Larraín, the initiative was announced, amid the open debate over the extensive use of the Plaza Italia sector by thousands of protesters since the start of the social outburst. Recabarren said that the intention of a new regulation arises from the demands made by various authorities and institutions, such as the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH) and communist Party (PC) parliamentarians. It is a demand that has long been presenting itself so much in respect of international DD agencies. HH., as of national DD agencies. Hh. In this regard, it is important to note that even since the Legislative Branch different parliamentary motions filed many years in advance have given an account of the need to regulate by law the exercise of the right of assembly,” he said, the Undersecretary. He added: “There are parliamentary motions tabled by MEP Camila Vallejo, (by) Hugo Gutierrez, which points out this importance of advancing the legal regulation of this right.” The authority said they seek to accommodate the regulations to international standards in DD. HH., since they receive recommendations in other areas by parties of foreign agencies in the field, it also focuses on the area of the right to meet. In addition to inter-cation agencies, national DD agencies. Hh. have said that call. Recabarren thus argued that since its inception, the INDH “has pointed out the need to generate this discussion at the legislative level”. This project is on the legislative agenda of the portfolio by 2020, and it is not even drafted. The initiative, the undersecretary explained, will have a pre-legislative phase focused on gathering views and observations on different sectors. “We are very aware and committed to the idea that the efforts will come together and to be able to generate this previous, pre-legislative discussion, with different actors of civil society, academia, all political sectors to be able to collect the different observations,” he detailed. He concluded: “For us as a government, from the Ministry of Justice and DD. HH., represents a very relevant challenge, important to be able to relieve this discussion in democratic headquarters (…) We want it to be a serious, democratic discussion, to involve us all.” As for the current regulations, Recabarren recalled that the current one dates back to 1983.

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