We contacted the lawyer specializing in Human Rights, Hernán Montealegre, to talk about what happened after President Gabriel Boric’s controversial recognition of the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón for his involvement in the arrest of Augusto Pinochet and which also led to statements by the Chancellor Alberto Van Klaveren in the face of criticism.
Check the complete interview with Julio César Rodríguez in Could be worse.
Dichos de Van Klaveren
“He says that the State of Chile never favored or defended Pinochet’s impunity in the crime for which he was accused in the London Court. That is not effective, Mr. Van Klaveren is not telling the truth because he also belonged to the legal team that defended Pinochet in London, ”he said.
“At that time the State of Chile was represented by the president of the republic, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, the State of Chile defended Pinochet, it was not a private defense and he went to defend him in London. This consisted precisely in saying that Pinochet was a Head of State, he could not be tried and enjoyed impunity, ”added the lawyer.
And he added: “That allegation was enormously important because if the Court of Chile was saying that he could not be tried, that argument was also valid for when Pinochet returned to Chile. It was a very elaborate argument to prove that he was unpunished for all these crimes. The second argument that the Chilean government made then is that Pinochet should be tried for that in Chile.”
“The Convention against Torture of which England, Spain – which was requesting the extradition – and Chile were members at that time, is very clear in this case and says that when a torturer is detained in a country that is not his , the State that detains him if it is part of the agreement, is obliged to judge him for why if he does not violate that international treaty, “he explained.
And he insisted: “The Government of Chile never requested the extradition of Pinochet, which is what it should have done if it considered that it had any jurisdiction in this case.”
We contacted the lawyer specializing in Human Rights, Hernán Montealegre, to talk about what happened after President Gabriel Boric’s controversial recognition of the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón for his involvement in the arrest of Augusto Pinochet and which also led to statements by the Chancellor Alberto Van Klaveren in the face of criticism.
Check the complete interview with Julio César Rodríguez in Could be worse.
Dichos de Van Klaveren
“He says that the State of Chile never favored or defended Pinochet’s impunity in the crime for which he was accused in the London Court. That is not effective, Mr. Van Klaveren is not telling the truth because he also belonged to the legal team that defended Pinochet in London, ”he said.
“At that time the State of Chile was represented by the president of the republic, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, the State of Chile defended Pinochet, it was not a private defense and he went to defend him in London. This consisted precisely in saying that Pinochet was a Head of State, he could not be tried and enjoyed impunity, ”added the lawyer.
And he added: “That allegation was enormously important because if the Court of Chile was saying that he could not be tried, that argument was also valid for when Pinochet returned to Chile. It was a very elaborate argument to prove that he was unpunished for all these crimes. The second argument that the Chilean government made then is that Pinochet should be tried for that in Chile.”
“The Convention against Torture of which England, Spain – which was requesting the extradition – and Chile were members at that time, is very clear in this case and says that when a torturer is detained in a country that is not his , the State that detains him if it is part of the agreement, is obliged to judge him for why if he does not violate that international treaty, “he explained.
And he insisted: “The Government of Chile never requested the extradition of Pinochet, which is what it should have done if it considered that it had any jurisdiction in this case.”
2023-07-17 22:33:38
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