Conference on "Constitutional Reform in Chile"

 On October 5 and 6, various organizations sponsored a panel on Constitutional Reform in Chile. This series sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the American University, Washington College of Law, the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), the Inter-American Dialogue, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Republican Institute (IRI), and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), aimed to collaborate, understand, analyze and enrich the discussion on the process of constitutional reform in Chile, carried out among experts from both Chile and the international community.

As a result of this series, these expert panelists addressed issues of political, economic, legal, and social aspects, comparative international experience, and political and legal debate. Within these discussions, the panelists discussed the political space in which the constitutional debate took place, the role of political parties, the need for consensus, the economic impact on various sectors, existing international factors, legitimacy of the various participation methods, and various scenarios that are part of the constitutional transformation process and its impact at the national and global level.

Event Details

1. The Context of Constitutional Reform in Chile: Political, Economic, Legal and Social Aspects

The first panel focused on the analysis of "Political, Economic, Legal and Social Aspects", with the participation of:

  • Senador Chris Dodd, Former Senator from Connecticut;
  • José Antonio Viera Gallo, Chilean lawyer, Academic and Politician;
  • Verónica Undurraga, Professor of Law at the Adolfo Ibáñez University;
  • Bernardo Larrain Matte, President of the Sociedad de Fomento Fabril / SOFOFA;
  • Mark Schneider, (Moderator), Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) 

2.  The Context of Constitutional Reform in Chile: Comparative International Experience

For its part, the second conference discussed the context in which the constitutional reform in Chile is approached, from "Comparative International Experience", with the active participation of:

  • Carlos Ayala, Member of the Executive Committee of the International Commission of Jurists, Venezuelan Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights;
  • Sergio Bitar, Chilean Politician, and Academic, Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue;
  • Catalina Botero, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá (Colombia), former Rapporteur for the IACHR;
  • Alexandra Huneeus, Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law;
  • Michael Camilleri, (Moderator), Director, Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program, Inter-American Dialogue 

Event Recording

3. Constitutional Reform: The Political and Legal Debate in Chile

The last two panels of the event that took place on October 6 focused on the political and legal debate of the Constitutional Reform in Chile. The panelists at these conferences were:

  • Jamie Raskin, Representative in the United States Congress and Constitutional Lawyer;
  • Isabel Aninat, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Adolfo Ibáñez University;
  • Arturo Fermandois, former Chilean Ambassador to the US and Professor of Constitutional Law;
  • Pamela Figueroa, Academic at the University of Santiago de Chile;
  • Carlos Ayala, Member of the Executive Committee of the International Commission of Jurists, Venezuelan Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights;
  • Claudio Grossman (Moderador),  Professor and Dean Emerito at AUWCL, Member, CDI, UN and President of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights

Event Recording

4. Constitutional Reform: The Political and Legal Debate in Chile

In the second and last part of the referred panel, the discussions took place between:

  • Gonzalo Candia, Doctor in Legal Sciences and Professor of Political Law and Human Rights;
  • Marisol Peña, Lawyer and Professor of Law, Minister and President of the Constitutional Court of Chile;
  • Gabriel Negretto, Professor of Political Science and UN consultant, IDEA International, UNDP, on institutional design and electoral and constitutional reform processes;
  • Mariana Canales, Professor of Constitutional Law, Researcher at the Institute of Social Studies;
  •  Diego Rodríguez Pinzón (Moderador), Professor and Co-Director of the Academy of Human Rights, AUWCL; Member and Rapporteur, of the UN Committee against Torture

Event Recording

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