Chilean stance towards the conflict

Chilean stance towards the conflict

In 1879 starts the territorial dispute between Chile and Bolivia in the War of the Pacific where these countries fought and eventually made a Treaty of Peace and Friendship to end the violent events that took place, which was signed in 1904 delimited and also the right of a trade free transit of Bolivia input and output ports on the Pacific Ocean.

Through time, Chile is governed by such a treaty, which was analyzed and studied by those countries in due time, the territorial and maritime borders of the two countries are set, so Bolivia would not be entitled to require sea.

However, disagreeing of thousands of Chileans, President Michelle Bachelet during her first government of Chile (2006-2010) signed a 13-point agenda to discuss the negotiation of landlocked Bolivia. This meeting never materialized, so Bolivia decided to take his complaint to the International Court of Justice.

During the administration of former President Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014), the Chilean president outlined his vision regarding this issue. He said that Bolivia does not have outstanding geographical delimitation talks between the two countries, because in due time everything had been pretty clear, so it should not give Chile its maritime territory to Bolivia.

As is well known, in Chile presidential elections are held every four years, so in 2013 the president Michelle Bachelet was reelected. It means that once again the issue of delivering sea Bolivia through dialogue that was pending for 13 points, so Evo Morales has said it accepts the dialogue but no longer withdraw the demand of the ICJ.

On 12 June this year, the foreign minister of Chile, Heraldo Munoz, said the possibility of delivering chile sea Bolivia "is closed forever."

What is the ICJ?

The International Court of Justice was established in 1945, is the lead agency in the field of justice governed by the United Nations. If the Hague gives an opinion that should be fulfilled by the countries in dispute without appealable action.

The primary function is to resolve conflicts in states or countries do not reach an agreement through dialogue also provide opinions and views on legal issues at the United Nations or the Security Council of the UN.

Participating Countries of the United Nations should carry out all opinions delivery this court, including rulings and judgments.

This court consists of 15 judges, who are elected at meetings of the United Nations and the Security Council. A judge accepted the position for 9 years, but after that time may be reappointed. None of the judges can repeat their nationality. It should be noted that Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and the United States always have a judge of its nationality, as these countries are

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