Editing Valech Report (section)

==Commission==

The report was prepared at the request of President [[Ricardo Lagos]] by the National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture, which consisted of eight members. The commission was headed by Bishop [[Sergio Valech]] and made the report public through the Internet. The members of the commission included María Luisa Sepúlveda as the executive vice president, as well as lawyers Miguel Luis Amunátegui, Luciano Fouillioux, [[José Antonio Gómez Urrutia|José Antonio Gómez]] ([[Radical Party of Chile (2018)|PRSD]] president), Lucas Sierra, Álvaro Varela, and psychologist Elizabeth Lira. The commission did not include any representatives of the victims or members of the associations of ex-political prisoners.

To ensure the inclusiveness of their work, the Commission coordinated closely with regional and national organizations of former political prisoners, as well as human rights organizations. Their collaboration aimed to establish contact with relevant individuals who could provide testimonies. To reach a wide audience, advertisements were broadcast on national and local radio and television stations, as well as published in national and local newspapers.<ref>[http://www.comisiontortura.cl/inicio/informefinalE1/03_cap_ii.pdf www.comisiontortura.cl/filesapp/03_cap_ii.pdf pg 48-51]</ref>

The number of individuals who came forward to testify aligned with the geographic distribution of inhabitants in both the capital city and the provinces.<ref>[http://www.comisiontortura.cl/inicio/informefinalE1/03_cap_ii.pdf pg 69-70]</ref>