The Chilean Chapter of the International Society of Public Law (hereinafter: ICON·S) is established to create a diverse and interdisciplinary academic forum to discuss contemporary Public Law challenges, including administrative law, constitutional law, international law, and related fields such as political science, political theory, jurisprudence, and political history. It will be an intergenerational working space that will include both established scholars and junior academics. It will seek to provide an academic space for scholars using diverse methodologies and coming from different legal education backgrounds. It will also serve as a link between the Chilean academia and the international forum that the Society offers. In its composition, the Chapter will promote the following principles: regional and political diversity, gender balance and academic excellence.
The aim of the Chilean Chapter is to pursue the mission of ICON·S within Chile.
I. The Chapter is established in order to:
- Promote the values of ICON·S, including a commitment with an interdisciplinary approach to public law, and the values associated with human rights, democratic constitutionalism, and the rule of law.
- Promote the expansion of ICON·S in Chile and Latin America, collaborate with other ICON·S chapters and with Chilean academic organizations that share the values of ICON·S, but remain distinct from them.
- Promote early-career scholars, especially but not exclusively, from underrepresented groups.
II. The Chapter shall:
- Be organized in a way that reflects its commitments to gender balance, inter-generational dialogue, regional and political diversity.
- Regularly disseminate notice of its events and activities via ICONnect and IberICONnect, and communicate an annual summary of its activities to the ICON·S Executive Committee.
- Be subject in its scope, governance and membership, to periodic reviews by the members of the ICON·S Executive Committee.
- Promote joining ICON·S and paying the ICON·S annual membership fee.
III. Governance of the Chapter:
The Chapter is governed by three institutions: the co-chairs, the Executive Secretaries and the Advisory Board. The co-chairs, executive secretaries, and the board members’ identities, as a whole, shall reflect the Chapter’s commitment to gender balance, academic excellence, and age diversity. The co-chairs cannot be affiliated to the same academic institutions, and the Board should be composed of members coming from at least five separate institutions.
- The co-chairs
The Advisory Board will appoint the co-chairs among its members by a two-thirds majority of the members present during the corresponding meeting. The co-chairs will have a three-year tenure, and they can be renewed for one time. If one of the co-chairs resign, the Board will appoint a replacement for the time left.
The co-chairs will make decisions by agreement. They will be able to create administrative positions and appoint an executive secretary. If necessary, the co-chairs can appoint more than one executive secretary. Also, the co-chairs may establish working groups of the Chapter to organize events and activities and other committees they consider relevant to support the Chapter’s administrative and academic tasks. The co-chairs will inform the Board about the appointments, working groups, and committees they create.
The co-chairs can decide that the Chapter supports workshops, symposia, and colloquia as considered appropriate. The Chapter may also organize conferences, webinars, workshops, mooting, essay competitions, or similar activities as deemed appropriate by the co-chairs.
Each year, the co-chairs will communicate an annual summary of their activities to the ICON·S Executive Committee, the Advisory Board, and the Chapter members.
2. The Advisory Board
The Board will be composed of 15 members. The Board members will hold office for three yearsThey will be elected by the members of the Chapter. A member of the board can be re-elected for an additional term or terms. The electoral rules will be proposed by the co-chairs and approved by two-thirds of the Board members. These rules will include a mechanism to ensure that at least a third of the Board’s members will be replaced. The electoral rules should also reflect the Chapter’s commitment to gender balance. Elections are to be held by email, online survey, or similar electronic means. Only members of the Chilean Chapter are eligible to stand for and vote in elections for membership of the Advisory Board. Only members that have an active ICON·S membership can vote and be elected as members of the Board and as co-chairs. Providing a statement of self-confirmation of the membership status will be a sufficient condition to exercise these rights.
The Board will vote for the co-chairs after its installment. If necessary, the previous co-chairs will continue to perform their functions until the new co-chairs have accepted their appointment.
The Board will meet at least once every year at the time decided by the co-chairs. The Board will approve the proposals made by the co-chairs, approve the electoral procedures, and define the Chapter’s general policies. The Board will also review the new membership applications. In general, the Board will make its decisions by majority rule.
3. Chapter Membership
Membership is not limited by nationality. All members should have an interest in Public Law academia, including all the related fields.
The Chapter will start with the following members: the first co-chairs, the Board members, and the list of founding members informed to ICON·S. Others can join the Chapter following one of the following procedures:
a. A candidate with the endorsement of both co-chairs and five members of the Board will be added as members of the Chapter. The endorsement will be given by email, and it needs to incorporate a letter from the applicant. The co-chairs will need to inform the Board members.
b. A candidate approved by a majority of the Board members at a Board meeting.
Chapter membership is free. All applicants must show an interest in Public Law academia or in at least one of the related fields. Even though the applications will be merit-based, early-career scholars will be especially welcomed.
III. Amendments
These rules can be amended by a majority vote among of the Board. Amendments need the approval of both co-chairs. Voting can be conducted via email, online survey, or similar electronic means.
Contact
For any inquiries, you can reach the ICON•S Chile Chapter at icons.chileanchapter@gmail.com.
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Governing Bodies
Co-chairs
- Miriam Henríquez
- Luis Eugenio García Huidobro
Members of the Advisory Board
- Amaya Alvez
- Catalina Medel
- Catalina Salem
- Eduardo Aldunate
- Francisco Urbina
- Isabel Aninat
- Javier Couso
- Jorge Contesse
- José Francisco García
- Marcela Prieto
- Sergio Verdugo
- Tania Busch
- Claudia Cárdenas
- Miriam Henríquez
- Luis Eugenio García Huidobro
Executive Secretaries
- Ariel Pérez Aubel
- Camilo Lledó
Founding Members
- Bárbara Ivanschitz
- Bárbara Sepúlveda
- Camila Boettiger
- Carolina Helfmann
- Cecilia Rosales
- Christian Viera
- Claudia Heiss
- Claudia Sarmiento
- Constanza Hube
- Cristián Román
- Cristóbal Caviedes
- Danae Fenner
- Diego Gil
- Diego Pardow
- Domingo Lovera
- Donald Bello Hutt
- Elisa Zavala
- Emilio Garrote
- Esteban Szmulewicz
- Estefanía Esparza
- Flavio Quezada
- Francisco Soto
- Gabriel Bocksang
- Gastón Gómez
- Gonzalo Aguilar
- Gonzalo Candia
- Jaime Arancibia
- Jaime Gajardo
- JM Díaz de Valdés
- Johanna Frolich
- José Domingo Poblete
- José Ignacio Núñez
- Juan Luis Ossa
- Katherine Becerra
- Lucas Sierra
- Luis Cordero
- Cristina Escudero
- Manuel A. Núñez
- Mariana Canales
- Nicolás Enteiche
- Pablo Marshall
- Pablo Ruiz-Tagle
- Patricio Zapata
- Paz Irarrázaval
- Pier Paolo Pigozzi
- Pietro Sferrazza
- Priscila Machado
- Raúl Campusano
- Rodrigo Correa
- Rosa Gómez
- Samuel Tschorne
- Sebastián López
- Sebastián Soto
- Soledad Bertelsen
- Thana Campos
- Tomás Jordán
- Verónica Undurraga
- Viviana Ponce de León
- Ximena Gauché
- Yanira Zúñiga
- Gabriel Negretto
- Alexandra Huneeus
- Daniela Mendez Royo
- Enrique Díaz Bravo
- Leslie Sánchez Lobos
- Aldo Mascareño
- Gabriel Negretto
- Valeria Palanza
- Carmen Le Foulon
- Guillermo Jiménez
- Constanza Salgado
- Mayra Feddersen
- Daniel Brieba
- Macarena Saez
- Ximena Fuentes
- Rocío Lorca
- M Angélica Benavides
- Ximena Gauché
- Andrea Lucas
- Gladys Camacho
- Francisco Zúñiga
- María Pía Silva
- Sandra Ponce de León
- Cecilia Rosales
- Rodolfo Figueroa
- Lidia Casas
- Ana María García
- Julieta Suárez Cao
- Arturo Fontaine
- Javier Gallego
- Juan José Romero
- Luis Alejandro Silva
- Felipe Bravo
- Fernando Muñoz
- Constanza Richards
- Loreto Cox
- Andrés Biehl
- Claudio Alvarado
- Carmen Droguett
- Jorge Astudillo
- John Charney
- Francisco Peña Silva
- Sergio Peña Neira
- Lorna Püschel Hoeneisen
- Jaime Bassa
- Alberto Coddou
- Fabián Huepe
- Arnulf Becker
- Jeanne Simon
- Nicole Selamé
- Nicolás Perrone
- Pablo Contreras
