International Court of
Environmental Arbitration and
Conciliaton
Members of the Court:
RAFAEL VALENZUELA
Particulars
Born in Viña del Mar (Chile), in 1933.
Academic Qualifications
Doctor in Juridical and Social Sciences, Universidad Católica
de Valparaíso, Chile.
Professional Positions
Freelance lawyer (1961-1992).
General Director of the Corporación de Asistencia Judicial de
la Región de Valparaíso (1983-1992).
Professor of Civil and Environmental Law in various Universities.
Member of the Environmental Law Commission of the I.U.C.N.
Member of the Consejo Editorial of the review "Política y Derecho
ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe" (UNEP-ORPALC Y FARN).
Member of the Consejo de Dirección Científica del Centro
Internacional de Derecho Ambiental Comparado (C.I.D.C.E).
Cofounder of the Asociación Chilena de Derecho Ambiental. Member
of I.U.C.N Comission of Environmental Law.
Main Books and Articles
Reports on different projects of laws concerning with environment.
Degradación y contaminación de suelos en América
Latina y El Caribe, 1991.
El principio el que contamina paga, 1991.
Marco legal ambiental en Chile, 1990.
Accords pour la protection de l'environnement et la region cotiere
du Pacifique Sud-Est, 1990.