Chamber Human Rights Commission Approves INDH Reform Motion 7-2, Sets September 25 Amendment Deadline

On September 2, 2026, the Chamber of Deputies' Human Rights Commission voted 7-2 to approve in general a parliamentary motion (promoted by RN deputies Andrés Celis and Ximena Ossandón) reforming the National Human Rights Institute (INDH) on transparency, institutional accountability, corporate governance and financial-reporting grounds. The motion would increase Law Faculty representatives on the INDH Council from one to two while reducing civil-society representatives from four to three, bar recent political-party leaders or presidential-trust appointees from Council seats, require full Council meeting minutes (including minority votes) published within ten business days, and require the director and Council to appear before the Commission at least twice yearly. The Commission agreed to wait for the Executive's own INDH bill — the one Justice Minister Fernando Rabat detailed August 2, which would additionally strip the institute's power to file criminal complaints — so the two proposals can be merged into a single reform; the deadline for amendments ('indicaciones') was set for September 25. INDH director Yerko Ljubetic called the parliamentary motion 'a good foundation' for the broader discussion, a notably more conciliatory tone than his August 5 clash with Rabat over the complaint-filing power.