pinochet victims of his rule

PINOCHET: THE CHILD VICTIMS OF HIS RULE As the House of Lords considers legal arguments that Augusto Pinochet is immune from prosecution, Amnesty International UK today released details of some of the 80 children under 16-years-old killed or "disappeared" by Chilean security forces during his rule. In the new report Chile: The Child Victims, Amnesty International gives details of how children as young as two were amongst the thousands of victims of Pinochet's rule. The evidence …

…effective steps to halt human rights violations against minors is indicative of a negligence tantamount to full responsibility," Amnesty International said. "We urge President Rafael Caldera to take 1997, the ‘Year of Human Rights in Venezuela', as an opportunity to implement the recommendations outlined in our report, which could substantially improve the human rights situation of children in the country, and make effective the country's commitments before the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child."