(police force), but the government did introduce bills to regulate the use of force for safeguarding public order and security. RIGHT TO TRUTH, JUSTICE AND REPARATION Impunity continued for most human rights violations committed during the 2019 social upheaval. According to the Attorney General’s Office, as of December, out of 10,142 complaints relating to violations committed at that time, charges were filed in only 127 cases, resulting in 38 convictions and 17 acquittals. Convictions were handed down against Carabineros officers for human rights violations committed in 2019 against Josué Maureira and Mario Acuña. A nullity appeal filed in defence of the army officer who shot Carlos Astudillo was rejected. In La Serena, four army officers were convicted for crimes of unnecessary violence committed in the context of the 2019 protests. Under the NaínRetamal Law, a court acquitted five members of the Carabineros from Padre Hurtado municipality, who had been accused of unlawful coercion during the 2019 upheaval. The Metropolitan North Central Prosecutor’s Office continued investigating the alleged crime of unlawful coercion and crimes against humanity regarding former members of the President Piñera administration and Carabineros high command for their role during the 2019 upheaval. Ricardo Yáñez, general director of the Carabineros, did not attend most of the summons to testify as a defendant, and in another case exercised his right to remain silent. No formal charges were presented against Carabineros high command.3 The Roundtable for Integral Reparation delivered its conclusions, but no progress was made on a reparation policy for victims of human rights violations committed during the upheaval.4 The national search plan for people forcibly disappeared during the regime of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) was presented and its implementation remained pending. The government announced the National Memory 126 and Heritage Policy to protect memorial sites relating to this period. A bill was introduced to conditionally lift the secrecy over the testimonies of torture victims collected by the Valech Commission, a national commission mandated to document political detentions and torture during the Pinochet era. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS The government announced the members of the Commission for Peace and Understanding, established to seek a political solution regarding the demands put forward by the Mapuche people. Chile recognized the Selk’nam as Indigenous Peoples and included them as recipients of the legal rights assigned to Indigenous Peoples. In February, a group of Mapuche people from the El Roble-Carimallín lof (the basic form of Mapuche social organization) protested outside Carimallín private land, in the community of Río Bueno, where the Norwegian company Statkraft planned to install a hydroelectric plant. The Mapuche claimed the project was situated in a sacred and culturally significant area. Carabineros broke up the demonstration with tear gas and riot guns, injuring four Mapuche people. REFUGEES’ AND MIGRANTS’ RIGHTS In February, the government deployed military troops along its borders with Bolivia and Peru to prevent the irregular entry of migrants and refugees, mostly affecting Venezuelans seeking protection.5 Venezuelan nationals continued to face obstacles to protection, including the requirement to report their irregular entry into the country to access the asylum procedure.6 These obstacles, together with the low rate of recognition of refugee status, have hindered access to education, health services and employment for Venezuelans in Chile.7 The National Public Prosecutor’s Office gave the order to request pretrial detention for foreign nationals charged with crimes if they do not have a national identity card. The State of the World’s Human Rights