Professor Dr. Rodrigo Correa González, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile)
Date: 09.10.2023, 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 302-03, 3rd floor | Sigmund Freud University | Freudplatz 3, 1020 Vienna
On October 18, 2019, severe riots broke out in Chile. The government was helpless to establish public order, and the situation quickly unfolded into a severe political crisis. Trying to find a way out of the crisis, on November 15th most political parties agreed on a road map to replace the constitution. A referendum was held on October 26th, 2020, with 78,28% in favor of a new constitution. On 15 and 16 May, 2021, deputies for a Constitutional Convention were elected. After a year’s work, the Convention proposed a new Constitution which was put to a popular vote on September 4, 2021. The proposal was rejected by a 61,89%. Chile is now undergoing a second process. Is it possible to make sense of all these constitutional fluctuations?
Please register until 08.10.23: konrad.lachmayer@jus.sfu.ac.at
Biography
Rodrigo P. Correa G. is professor of law at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago, where he teaches constitutional law, courts, and public international law. He is a graduate from Universidad de Chile and holds an Ll.M. and a J.S.D. from Yale Law School. He has been a substitute judge at the Chilean Supreme Court.
The Discussion Group on Comparative Constitutional Law and Theory is organised by Prof. Konrad Lachmayer and Dr. Andreas Orator at the Sigmund Freud Private University, Faculty of Law, in Vienna.