Access to environmental information in Chile

AutorSilvia Bertazzo
CargoDoctor in Law (Università degli Studi di Trento ? Italy). Professor for the College of Law of Los Andes University (Santiago Chile). Email: silviabertazzo@gmail.com
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Veredas do Direito, Belo Horizonte, v.16 n.34 p.11-39 Janeiro/Abril de 2019
ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
IN CHILE
http://dx.doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v16i34.1509
Silvia Bertazzo
Doctor in Law (Università degli Studi di Trento – Italy). Professor for the College of Law of Los Andes
University (Santiago Chile).
Email: silviabertazzo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The article provides a review on some issues related to public
access to environmental information in Chile. It begins with
analyzing the notions of public information and environment,
and their interpretation in the case law of the Chilean Council for
Transparency and in the teachings of leading authors; in addition, it
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of a complaint before the Council. Next, it deals with the bodies and
organizations that are obligated to provide access to environmental
information. Finally, it concludes by reviewing the cases of refusal to
give access, which can be divided into two main groups: those based
on the grounds for refusal mentioned in the legislation and those
arising from factors other than the aforesaid causes (e.g. Delay). The
aim of the article is to identify the most relevant points of domestic
Chilean legislation and case law regarding access to environmental
information, in order to draw some parallels and identify the most

comparative or international law.
Keywords: access to environmental information; Council for
Transparency; refusal to give access.
ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN CHILE
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EL ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN
AMBIENTAL EN CHILE
RESUMEN
El artículo desarrolla un estudio sobre algunos temas relacionados con
el acceso a la información ambiental en Chile. Parte con analizar las
nociones de información pública y medio ambiente, y su interpretación
en la jurisprudencia del Consejo para la Transparencia chileno y
          
frecuentemente es objeto de una reclamación ante el Consejo. Enseguida,
examina la categoría de sujetos obligados a entregar la información. En
           
         

  
         
nacionales en materia de acceso a la información ambiental, para poder
  

o internacional.
Palabras clave: acceso a la información ambiental; Consejo para la
Transparencia; denegación de acceso.

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