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In 1984 a group of parishioners reported "improper conduct" on the part of Karadima to Juan Francisco Fresno, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile. [a] One of them later told a court that he learned that their letter was "torn up and thrown away". [6] Fresno's secretary at the time was one of Karadima's protégés, Juan Barros. [7]
Chile's abortion laws have evolved significantly in recent years. Since 2017, abortion has been legal under three specific circumstances: when the woman's life is at risk, in cases of rape (within 12 weeks of pregnancy or 14 weeks if the victim is under 14), and in instances of severe fetal malformations .
In 1998, Douglas Besharov, the first Director of the U.S. Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, stated "the existing laws are often vague and overly broad" [201] and there was a "lack of consensus among professionals and Child Protective Services (CPS), personnel about what the terms abuse and neglect mean". [202]
On 11 September 1973 a military junta toppled President Salvador Allende in a coup d'état and installed General Augusto Pinochet as head of the new regime. [4] [5] This was a dictatorial, authoritarian regime which trampled on human rights with the use of torture, disappearances, illegal and secret arrest, and extrajudicial killings.
Disappeared people in art at Parque por la Paz at Villa Grimaldi in Santiago de Chile. Villa Grimaldi, located in Santiago, was DINA's most important torture center, which began operating in 1974. Prisoners endured long periods of interrogation. As more people were incarcerated on a massive scale, new places were reconditioned to hold them.
Domestic violence in Chile (locally referred to as violencia intrafamiliar) is a prevalent problem as of 2004. [1] Domestic violence describes violence by an intimate partner or other family members, regardless of the place the violence occurs.
Chile ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol in November 2004. [1]Chilean law does specifically prohibit trafficking in persons, and there were isolated reports that persons were trafficked to, from, and within the country for the purposes of sexual exploitation and involuntary domestic servitude. [2]
In the United States, where the age of majority is set by individual states, "minor" usually refers to someone under 18 but can in some areas (such as alcohol, gambling, and handguns) mean under 21. In the criminal justice system a minor may be tried and punished either " as a juvenile " or " as an adult ".