RUF under crossfire: from Kaiser to PC seek to correct Force Use Rules

Forty-three separate votes had been requested until this morning to reject and try to correct some articles of the draft Rules of Use of Force (the so-called RUF).This reform, which will be voted on in the Chamber today, establishes a protocol of how police and officers of the Armed Forces (FF.AA) - exclusively in missions in national territory - must act in public order or citizen security tasks.However, several of the requests - presented by l…

Lorena Pizarro, Carmen Hertz and Matías Ramírez, deputies and deputy of the Communist Party, said that they will evaluate the recourse to international bodies to denounce the Chilean state's failure to comply with human rights in the light of this step in Congress. Valparaíso. 13/5/2025. The deputy and former president of the Group of Relatives of Missing Detainees, Lorena Pizarro Sierra, called this Monday's vote on Rules of Use of Force (RUF) …

“The elimination of the explicit prohibition of torture and the principle of proportionality is unacceptable. We are facing a serious setback in fundamental rights.” Deputy Alejandra Placencia (PC) expressed her deep concern over the result of the vote in the House Public Security Committee this Monday, where it was refused to consecrate [...] The post Deputy Alejandra Placencia warns serious setback in Rules of Use of the Force appeared first o…