The Situation and Reasons of Chile’s Violations of International Law from a Cultural Tradition Perspective

Abstract

Chile is a small country in both territorial and political perspective. Like other countries in Latin America, most people in the world place less emphasis on it. At the same time, penalties under international law are hard to enforce like under domestic law. Therefore, its violations of international law were neglected frequently. In this essay, its violations of international human rights law from the Pinochet era to the present are revealed. I will also explain why the violations always happened without being criticized too much by the Chileans from the view of cultural traditions. Moreover, these ethnic characteristics are not unique to Chile. Latin American countries have relatively similar cultural characteristics. Therefore, I will also analyze the attitudes and behaviors of other Latin American countries towards international law. Finally, for these countries, I will give my advice on what measures they should take to develop and what kind of attitude they should have towards the international community as some marginal force.