The savage and barbarous crimes committed in Chile and the territories of other states including the USA, Spain and Italy are not within the functions of a head of state in English law, the law of nations, or the law of Chile.
We invite the lords decisively to reject the repugnant notion, offensive to all notions of human rights, that the general was entitled to immunity on the grounds that the offenses were committed in the course of official functions as head of state.