Rettig Report

The Rettig Report, officially The National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation Report, is a report encompassing human rights abuses resulting in death or disappearance committed in Chile during the years of military rule under Augusto Pinochet, which began on September 11, 1973 and ended on March 11, 1990.

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Human rights - Chile - Augusto Pinochet - September 11 - 1973 - March 11 - 1990

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The report established that around 3,000 were killed or disappeared during the dictatorship (the number had been presumed to be much higher, particularly by human-rights groups and Chileans who opposed the dictatorship). The report is today generally accepted by the majority of the country, if with misgivings due to the nature of the problem and the circumstances.

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In February 1991, the eight-member National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, established in 1990 by then-President Patricio Aylwin, released its report. The "National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation Report" is popularly known as the Rettig Report for former Senator Raúl Rettig, president of the commission. Other members of the commission were Jaime Castillo Velasco, José Luis Cea Egaña, Mónica Jiménez de la Jara, Laura Novoa Vásquez, José Zalaquett Daher, Ricardo Martín Díaz, and Gonzalo Vial Correa.

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1991 - Patricio Aylwin - Raúl Rettig

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