INFORME N° 30/04 PETICIÓN 4617/02 SOLUCION AMISTOSA MERCEDES JULIA HUENTEAO BEROIZA Y OTRAS CHILE

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) approved a friendly settlement on October 17, 2003, between the State of Chile and Mapuche Pehuenche families affected by the Ralco Hydroelectric Project. The dispute centered on the flooding of ancestral lands and the application of electrical laws over indigenous land laws. The final agreement includes commitments for constitutional recognition of indigenous peoples, the ratification of ILO Convention 169, the creation of a new commune in Alto Bío Bío, and specific land and financial compensations for the affected families.

• The dispute originated from the construction of the Ralco Hydroelectric Project by Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A. (ENDESA), which led to the flooding of ancestral lands of the Mapuche Pehuenche people in the Alto Bío Bío region.
• The petitioners argued that the Chilean government used the Electrical Law to impose a 'flooding easement' (servidumbre de inundación) to bypass the Indigenous Law (N° 19.253), which requires the consent of affected indigenous people and the authorization of the National Corporation for Indigenous Development for land exchanges.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2004). INFORME N° 30/04 PETICIÓN 4617/02 SOLUCION AMISTOSA MERCEDES JULIA HUENTEAO BEROIZA Y OTRAS CHILE. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Ralco_CIDH_Informe.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. INFORME N° 30/04 PETICIÓN 4617/02 SOLUCION AMISTOSA MERCEDES JULIA HUENTEAO BEROIZA Y OTRAS CHILE. 2004. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Ralco_CIDH_Informe.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2004informe, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{INFORME N° 30/04 PETICIÓN 4617/02 SOLUCION AMISTOSA MERCEDES JULIA HUENTEAO BEROIZA Y OTRAS CHILE}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2004}, month = mar, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Ralco_CIDH_Informe.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }