During the last decades, the Afrochilean people have experienced processes
of “ethnification” and politization of their collective identity, which have been
expressed through their demand for statistical visibility, among others. These processes
have occurred in different countries of the American continent, which have provided
an opportunity for the development and construction of repertoires of action of the
Afro-descendants. This has been accompanied by the development and universalization of economic, social, and cultural rights. The objective of this paper is to present and
examine the Afrochilean people’s demand to be incorporated in the population censuses
carried out by the Chilean State. In addition, the content and fundaments of such demand
are analyzed drawing from the international law on human rights, which allows
for the politization of the Chilean Afro-descendants’ ethnic identity articulated around
the category of “tribal people”.
Keywords:
Afrochilean people, tribal people, human rights, statistical visibility
Author Biographies
Felipe Guerra Schleef, Universidad Austral de Chile
Felipe Andrés Guerra Schleef es licenciado en Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales y Magíster en Derecho (mención Derecho Público) de la Universidad Austral de Chile. Actualmente es doctorando del Doctorado en Derecho, mención Constitucionalismo y Derecho, Universidad Austral de Chile, e investigador de la ONG Observatorio Ciudadano
Catalina Soledad Büchner Ruiz, Universidad Austral de Chile
Catalina Soledad Büchner Ruiz es licenciada en Educación y Magíster en Comunicación de la Universidad Austral de Chile. Actualmente es investigadora de la ONG Observatorio Ciudadano y estudiante de Derecho en la Universidad San Sebastián, Chile
Guerra Schleef, F. ., & Büchner Ruiz, C. S. (2019). The Afrochilean people’s demand for recognition: The construction of the right to statistical visibility. Anuario De Derechos Humanos, 15(1), 65–82. https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-2279.2019.48505