Chile Comisia Rettig (Comisia na ional de adevr i reconciliere) 1990 3.196 victime (2.905 ale militarilor: 1.

720 mor i i 1.185 dispru i) In 1973, President Salvador Allende was removed from power and General Augusto Pinochet took over the Chilean government. Pinochet was accused of numerous acts of repression against opposition groups. The Pinochet dictatorship ended in 1989 when he conceded to holding elections and then lost to Patricio Aylwin by a narrow margin. Shortly thereafter, President Aylwin established Chile's National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation known as "the Rettig Commission" to investigate human rights abuses that occurred during the Pinochet regime. Conclusions y The commissions final report documented 3,428 cases of disappearance, killing, torture and kidnapping, including short accounts of nearly all victims whose stories it heard. y Most of the forced disappearances committed by the government took place between 1974 and August 1977 as a planned and coordinated strategy of the government. y The National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) was responsible for a significant amount of political repression during this period.
On August 12, 2003, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos appointed a second commission, the National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture, also known as the "Valech Commission" to document additional abuses, including torture, committed under the military dictatorship. The Valech Commission issued its report in November 2004.

Comisia Valech (Comisia na ional asupra prizonierilor politici i tortur) 2003 28.459 de inu i i tortura i [ n mai 2005 un Raport suplimentar aduga 1.204 de victime n plus] The Rettig Commission was only allowed to investigate crimes resulting in death or disappearance, and victims and civil society pushed for additional efforts to deal with the human rights violations of the Pinochet era that did not result in death such as torture and unlawful detention. President Ricardo Lagos created the Valech Commission as an advisory body to further document these abuses under the military dictatorship. Conclusions y Torture and detention were used as a tool for political control by State authorities and perpetuated by decrees and laws that protected repressive behavior, implicitly supported by the judiciary. Torture by members of the Armed Forces and Carabineros (paramilitary police) was a generalized practice on a national scale. y The Valech Commissions initial report was based on testimony from 35,868 people, of which 27,255 were considered legitimate. The complementary report included 1,204 additional cases. y About two-thirds of the abuses documented in the recognized cases took place during 1973.
Reforms On August 12, 2003, President Ricardo Lagos acknowledged the use of torture and other abuses and formally apologized to victims and families on behalf of the State. While the Chilean military vehemently rejected the 1991 final report of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, the reaction was different after the release of the Valech Commissions results. This time, the new military leadership actively tried to distance itself from the past crimes committed by its own institutions.

According to Trudy H. Peterson, preservation "completes the commission's work. Oppressive regimes try to impose a selective amnesia on society . . . Saving the records makes sure that amnesia does not prevail."
-----In January 2010, the Museum of Memory and Human Rights was inaugurated in Santiago, Chile.