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After president Alywin came to the power, Pinochet continued as army commander in…
The turning point in the fight against impunity was October 16, 1998, when Pinochet…
The detention of Pinochet was a revolutionary event, often called as „a landmark…
Spain wanted Pinochet to be extradited to Spain, in order to face trial before the…
In order to extradite Pinochet, the court in the UK needed to decide whether he was…
The first decision found that Pinochet did not enjoy immunity and could be extradited,…
The crimes he could be extradited for were making a huge difference in comparison…
At the end, Pinochet was not extradited to Spain, nor repatriated to Chile, although…
On the other side, it must be mentioned that also in Chile in 1998 were the first…
Even Pinochet returned freely from London, it was clear that not just Chile, but…
After the return of Pinochet, his prosecution was initiated, and he was indicted…
Despite all the efforts done in order to bring Pinochet to the justice, he died in…
The quote by Elisabeth Lira brightly explains „the Pinochet effect“ in its depth:…
„What are the effects of the effort to try Pinochet, even though in the end he died…
without having been sentenced? Firstly, reaffirming the principle that in a democratic…
society no-one is above the law. Secondly, and very important, reaffirming that during the dictatorship serious and massive human rights violations were committed in the name of the ‘national interest’; and [third] that social peace is produced not by impunity but by doing…
justice.“(22) …
So, even the Pinochet himself was not sentenced, the important was that the attitude…
