A/HRC/57/6 9. In its quest for transitional justice, Chile had drafted and implemented the National Plan for the Search for Truth and Justice, aimed at establishing the circumstances of the disappearance and/or death of victims of enforced disappearance between 1973 and 1990. 10. Chile had made significant progress in its efforts to respect gender equality and sexual diversity. That included normative measures, such as the adoption of laws on same-sex marriage and on gender identity and a law repealing homosexual behaviour as cause for divorce on grounds of marital misconduct. In addition, in 2022 Chile had set up the first Government Round Table on LGBTIQA+ Rights. 11. Chile acknowledged that respect for economic, social, cultural and environmental rights – which had constituted a long-standing demand on the part of Indigenous Peoples – had been at the heart of the social protests that had taken place throughout the country in the last quarter of 2019. The delegation highlighted that the State was in the midst of a process of dialogue, through the Presidential Commission for Peace and Understanding, focused in particular on the Mapuche people. In response to the public demand for accessible health and good quality education systems, the delegation noted that there had been substantial progress in recent decades in terms of the scope and coverage of those systems. Chile was currently striving to address the challenge of strengthening them in order to ensure that they fully met international standards. The delegation acknowledged that the State’s initial response to the protests had left a trail of fundamental rights violations that needed to be addressed. Chile was taking measures to promote investigation and establish responsibilities, punish crimes committed by State agents and provide victims of institutional violence perpetrated during the protests with reparation. Furthermore, the Carabineros and the investigative police were working to update and adopt their regulations to bring them into line with international standards, including essential changes to police intervention procedures for public order control. Human rights had also been included in the training and operation of the forces. 12. The delegation highlighted the adoption of the Framework Act on Climate Change (2022) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan, both of which included special consideration for historically excluded groups. The delegation also highlighted the ratification by Chile of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement). In compliance with that Agreement, Chile had recently adopted a national participatory implementation plan and a protocol for the protection of human rights defenders. 13. Chile was fully aware of the need to address the challenges new technologies could pose to democracy. It actively promoted people’s access to technologies, while upholding policies that protected privacy, non-discrimination and, in a world first, had integrated the protection of neurorights into national policy. Moreover, a data protection agency was soon to be set up, a law had been adopted guaranteeing Internet access as a public service, and the Zero Digital Divide plan and the National Artificial Intelligence Policy were being implemented. 14. The delegation concluded by expressing its readiness to address any issues arising during the review with the aim of improving the respect and protection of human rights for all people in Chile. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 15. During the interactive dialogue, 118 delegations made statements. Recommendations made during the dialogue are to be found in section II of the present report. 16. The Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, the State of Palestine, the Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, GE.24-09693 3