Plurinationality and Constitutionalism: International Perspectives and Lessons for Chile / Plurinacionalidad y Constitucionalismo: Perspectivas internacionales y lecciones para Chile

Timezone: CLT

Language: In Spanish with simultaneous English translation.

What does it mean to have a multicultural society and citizenry? Can the legal system of indigenous peoples and the Chilean state’s judicial system coexist? These and other questions are part of a vigorous public debate surrounding the role that indigenous peoples will have under the new Constitution. The introduction of plurinationality, reserved seats for indigenous peoples, territorial autonomy of certain indigenous areas, special rights for indigenous peoples, constitutional recognition of the Convention 169, and a series of other norms will give rise to a new relationship between the State and indigenous peoples. This panel offers distinct perspectives on how that relationship will be and what it means for Chilean democracy.

Welcoming Remarks: 
Steven Levitsky, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; Professor of Government, Harvard University and Co-author, How Democracies Die

International Panelists: 
Sofia Cordero, Professor, School of International Relations, Institute of Higher National Studies, Ecuador
Deborah J. Yashar, Professor, Politics & International Affairs, Princeton University and Co-chair, Advisory Committee for the Anxieties of Democracy project at the Social Science Research Project

Local Panelists: 
Salvador Millaleo, Lawyer and Academic, Critical Theory of Law, Universidad de Chile; 
Daniel Loewe, Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Moderated by: 
Sol Serrano, Professor Institute of History, Universidad Católica de Chile; National History Award 2018 and DRCLAS Luksic Visiting Scholar 2009

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Organized By: Harvard DRCLAS