The INDH accredited a total of 145 people so that they could apply for a grace pension as compensation due to the serious injuries suffered as of October 2019. Meanwhile, the Undersecretary of the Interior worked on 125 applications that had been accredited until on December 17, 2021 by the agency.
From the Executive they explained that in this first stage they had to prioritize based on the condition in which the victims were left. And after analyzing the 125 cases, it was decided to grant the pension to those who presented very serious injuries. The Government has confirmed the delivery of 49 pensions only to victims of human rights violations that occurred in the 2019 social crisis.
Regarding the possibility of extending the benefit to more people, the Undersecretary of the Interior, Juan Francisco Galli, argued to Third that “this will depend on the analysis carried out by the commission”.
“It is difficult to give a specific number of pensions that will be granted, but we have received more than 49 files from the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH). When appropriate, the grace pension will be granted to the affected person,” added Undersecretary Galli .
The director of the INDH, Sergio Micco, recognized that the Government has granted 49 grace pensions to victims of human rights violations “who suffered a permanent loss of employment and who were accredited by the Institute.” However, he pointed out that “these are only 49 cases of the 145 that the INDH reported to the Government before December 31, 2021.”
“It is a completely insufficient policy,” Micco said. And he argued that in Chile “there is no comprehensive reparation to this day.” For this reason, as director of the INDH, he called on future government and congress authorities “to define and apply a policy of comprehensive reparation with the utmost urgency.”
