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Environmental Law Journal becomes part of Scielo Chile

The publication edited by the Environmental Law Center will be part of an open access collection of Chilean scientific journals in all areas of knowledge.

The Environmental Law Journal, edited by the Environmental Law Center of the Law School of the University of Chile, was admitted to be part of the SciELO - Chile Scientific Electronic Library.

SciELO - Chile is an open access collection of texts from Chilean scientific journals, from all areas of knowledge, which predominantly publish articles resulting from scientific research, and which uses peer review of the manuscripts they receive, which show a growing performance in the indicators of compliance with the indexing criteria.

"We are very pleased with this recognition, which is the result of an effort of continuous improvement of the editorial processes developed by the editorial team, which has resulted in the growing increase in the quality of the articles published over the years," said the director of the Journal, Prof. Valentina Durán Medina, adding "we are grateful for the support of the Faculty, which through its Dean, Prof. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, and the Journals Program of the Research Department, headed by Prof. Daniel Álvarez, has provided permanent support to the work of the journal."

"Once the collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile and the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) is signed, the full incorporation of the journal to this collection will take place, starting in 2022" explained the editor Jorge Ossandón Rosales.

This good news is in addition to the admission, in 2020, of the Environmental Law Journal to the SCOPUS database.

As a result, in 2022 the Environmental Law Journal will already be indexed in Scopus, Redib, DOAJ and Latindex, in addition to ScIELO, with the support of SISIB and the Journals Program of the Research Department of the Law School of the Universidad of Chile.

It should be noted that Issue 16 of this biannual journal will be published on December 31.

 

Dispute resolution in the context of water-related conflicts in Chile: Multiple institutional response

Authors

  • Felipe Guerra Observatorio Ciudadano

Abstract

This paper analyses the multiple institutional response to perform the task of processing and resolving disputes, in the context of conflicts regarding water in Chile. It involves a scheme that combines jurisdictional bodies, administrative agencies, users’ organizations, and adjudicative mechanisms, all of which configure a single scheme. In this sense, it will be affirmed that the institutional choice of market mechanisms to coordinate, order, and arrange the multiple and conflictive uses of water has had a direct impact over the selection of institutional mechanisms to process disputes and conflicts that this choice produces. This is evidenced by the existence of several adjuticative mechanisms and privileged legal channels, which have as their single or main objective the resolution of disputes among owners of water rights, or between them and the State. This notwithstanding, along with non-judicial mechanisms or specialized jurisdictional ones for the resolution of disputes, there are other general mechanisms, derived from the structure of our legal system, which, given the conditions of their design and objectives, are always available to allow that the excluded sectors can discuss and access solutions to their demands.

Keywords:

Dispute resolution, conflicts, water