Centro de Documentación (CEDOC)

Overview

The Centro de Documentación (CEDOC) is the documentation center of the Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos (INDH), Chile's autonomous national human rights institution, based in Santiago.

History

The INDH was created by Law No. 20.405, promulgated November 24, 2009, by President Michelle Bachelet, in response to recommendations from the 1991 Rettig Commission report on human rights violations during Chile's 1973-1990 military dictatorship. CEDOC is responsible for custody of documents and records compiled by the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation (Rettig Commission), the National Corporation for Reparation and Reconciliation, the Human Rights Program, the National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture (Valech Commission), and the Presidential Advisory Commission for the Qualification of Detained-Disappeared, Political Executed, and Victims of Political Imprisonment and Torture.

Collections, Holdings, and Publications

CEDOC maintains the INDH's institutional library and manages public information requests under Chile's Law on Access to Public Information, in addition to its custodial role over the truth-commission archives.

Access and Usage

CEDOC operates from the INDH headquarters at Avenida Eliodoro Yáñez 832, Providencia, Santiago, open Monday through Friday.