Sébastien Duyck, Senior Attorney at CIEL: "We stand in solidarity with civil society and indigenous peoples in Chile who have suffered from inequalities and injustices and who have mobilized to call for urgent reforms. If Chile hopes the world will turn a blind eye to the repression in its streets by cancelling COP-25, it is sorely mistaken. We commit to remaining vigilant as this dangerous, unjust situation develops in Chile, and we call upon the government to uphold its human rights obligations and to investigate and hold perpetrators of human rights violations to account"

Marcela Mella, Coordinadora Ciudadana No Alto Maipo: "COP-25 represented an unprecedented opportunity for the world to understand the human rights impacts not only of climate change, but also the impacts of climate action, because we are experiencing them right here in Chile, just an hour away from the conference venue. Instead of protecting the rivers Chileans depend on, the government has legitimized the Alto Maipo hydroelectric project as positive climate action under the UN Climate Framework’s ‘Clean Development Mechanism...As the international community continues to monitor developments in the streets of Santiago and beyond, we ask that it also stand in solidarity with the No Alto Maipo movement as we continue our fight for justice and rights as well.”