In October 1973, Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, along with representatives from other churches, created the (Comité Pro Paz), an organization that provides legal and social help to the victims of Chile's military dictatorship and their families.
It was created to preserve the documents and information collected by the Vicariate of Solidarity and the Committee for Peace about human rights violations committed between September 1973 and March 1990.
In line with this, it created a national archive that brings together the biggest collection of evidence (documents, pictures, forensic reports, testimonies and physical samples) from the military regime.
These documents are generally copies but in many cases they are unique originals and include habeas corpus files, extradition processes, investigations into torture, kidnap, murder and forced disappearances.
In order to share information and report on human rights violations, the "Documentation and Archive Foundation of the Vicariate of Solidarity collects and publishes the most relevant figures every half year.