Comité Pro Paz

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Comité Pro Paz was a prominent Chilean human rights organization that provided legal, social, and humanitarian support to victims of the Pinochet dictatorship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human rights organization
non-governmental organization
activeDuring Pinochet dictatorship
collaboratedWith Catholic Church in Chile
Protestant churches in Chile
country Chile
dissolvedInPeriod 1975
focus families of victims of repression
political prisoners
torture victims
victims of forced disappearance
foundedInPeriod 1973
languageOfWork Spanish
locatedIn Santiago de Chile
linked to: Santiago (Chile)
notableFor coordinating ecumenical human rights efforts in Chile
early institutional response to dictatorship abuses in Chile
providing legal defense to political detainees
operatedIn Chile
operatedUnder Augusto Pinochet regime
opposed human rights violations in Chile
predecessorOf Vicaría de la Solidaridad
providedService documentation of human rights violations
humanitarian assistance
legal aid
social assistance
purpose defense of human rights
legal assistance to detainees and their families
social and humanitarian assistance
support for victims of political repression
resultedIn creation of Vicaría de la Solidaridad
wasSubjectTo pressure from Pinochet government
surveillance by security forces

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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel founded Servicio Paz y Justicia
linked to: Comité Pro Paz
Vicariate of Solidarity predecessor Committee for Peace in Chile
linked to: Comité Pro Paz