Chile

Chile

Right	Section	Contents
Freedom of Association	History	The 1925 Constitution of Chile guaranteed "The right of association without prior license and in conformity with the law." https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Chile_1925?lang=en
Freedom of Expression	History	In Chile the 1980 constitution protects freedom of expression through article 12. This article includes with it free press, the independence of education from state control and a ban government on media monopolies. “Chile 1980 (Rev. 2021) Constitution.” Constitute. Last modified 2021. Accessed September 20, 2022. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Chile_2021?lang=en.
Freedom of Religion	History	Freedom of Religion was first covered in the 1925 Constitution of The Republic of Chile under Chapter III, Article 10, Section 2. However, the specification that religion may not be contrary to morality, good usage, and public order, is made in the same assertion. Constitute Project. 1925 Constitution of the Republic of Chile. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Chile_1925?lang=en CIA World Factbook. Chile. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/chile/#government
Freedom of the Press	History	Chile originally protected freedom of the press under Article XXIII of its 1812 Provisional Constitutional Regulations: “The press will enjoy legal freedom; and so that it does not degenerate into a license harmful to religion, customs and honor of citizens and country; rules will be prescribed by the Government and Senate” (Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile). [Translated from Spanish]. Today, Chapter III, Article 19 of Chile’s 1980 Constitution protects press freedom: “Freedom to express opinion and to inform, without prior censorship, in any form and by any medium, without prejudice to responsibility for any crimes or abuses committed in the exercise of these freedoms, in conformity with the law, which must be of qualified quorum. In no case can the law establish [a] state monopoly over the media of social communication” (Constitute Project, “Chile's Constitution of 1980 with Amendments through 2012” ). Chile is currently drafting a new constitution.
Privacy Rights	History	The 1925 Chilean Constitution protected the inviolability of the home and correspondence in Article 10 Sections 12 & 13 (Constitute Project, “Chile 1925” ). Today, the home is protected in Article 19 Section 5 (Constitute Project, “Chile 1980 rev. 2021” ). https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Chile_ 2021? lang=en https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Chile_ 1925? lang=en
Voting Rights and Suffrage	History	The Constitution of Chile, Chapter II, Nationality and Citizenship, Article 13 grants Chileans who have reached 18 years of age voting rights. (Constitute Project, “Chile's Constitution of 1980 with Amendments through 2015” ).