The Republic of Chile, commonly known as Chile, is located in South America along the Pacific coast, bordered by Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Its capital, Santiago, is the seat of government. Chile is a unitary state with a presidential system of government. 

Chile is party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Chile has incorporated the broader refugee definition of the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees into its domestic law.