Environmental courts of Chile
The Environmental Courts of Chile (Spanish: Tribunales Ambientales) is a system of three courts in Chile with jurisdiction over environmental matters. These courts are the First Environmental Court of Antofagasta covering the north, the Second Environmental Court of Santiago covering the center, and the Third Environmental Court of Valdivia covering the south. Among the most recurrent complaints received in the environmental courts are those on environmental damages and those questioning the legality of government agency decisions about environmental issues.[1] The origin of the courts has been traced to pressure from environmental citizen's movements and from the entry of Chile into the OECD in 2010.[1] According to lawyer Luis Cordero there was also a dissatisfaction with how ordinary courts handled environmental cases which were perceived by some as lacking expertise in environmental law and highly technical environmental issues.[2]
Each court has three ministers who have been lawyers.[3] Some cases judged by the environmental courts can be taken to the appellate court (Spanish: Corte de Apelaciones) of the city in which the court resides.[3]
| Name | Seat city | Regions served |
|---|---|---|
| First Environmental Court of Antofagasta Primer Tribunal Ambiental de Antofagasta |
Antofagasta | Arica y Parinacota Tarapacá Antofagasta Atacama Coquimbo |
| Second Environmental Court of Santiago Segundo Tribunal Ambiental de Santiago |
Santiago | Valparaíso Santiago O'Higgins Maule |
| Third Environmental Court of Valdivia Tercer Tribunal Ambiental de Valdivia |
Valdivia | Ñuble Biobío Araucanía Los Ríos Los Lagos Aysén Magallanes |
References
- ^ a b Akchurin, Maria (2023). "Environmental justice at the environmental courts? Mining, socioenvironmental conflicts, and environmental litigation in northern Chile". The Extractive Industries and Society. 15.
- ^ Retamal Valenzuela, Jorge Roberto (2019). "El ius imperium de los tribunales ambientales en Chile" [The ius imperium of the environmental courts in Chile]. Revista Derecho del Estado (in Spanish). 44.
- ^ a b "Tribunales ambientales". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
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