María Teresa Infante Caffi is a

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an judge at the

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. She is a diplomat and previously served as Chile's

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to the

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. Throughout her career she has held different positions at the national level and abroad. She was co-counsel of Chile before the

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(ICJ) of The

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in the

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-Chile case, National Director of Borders and Limits of Chile, and she was part of a group of 35 experts who advised Chile on lawsuit by

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before the

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Biography

Infante is a

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educated at the

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. She obtained a doctorate at the

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in 1979. She was a

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at the

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, and she also taught at the Diplomatic Academy. She was also director of the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile and has been a member of various

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organizations. Infante was in charge of Chile's legal and technical coordination in Peru's lawsuit for

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, filed on July 9, 2009, and co-representative of Chile before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in this Peru-Chile case. Infante served as National Director of Borders and Limits of Chile, as part of the

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. In 2020, she was elected as a judge of the

Publications

Books

* María Teresa Infante Caffi (2005). ''Modalidades de Integración en América Latina'',

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: Association Andrés Bello des Juristes Franco-Latino-Américains. * María Teresa Infante Caffi, Rose Cave Schörh (1995). ''Solución judicial de controversias: el Derecho Internacional ante los tribunales internacionales e internos''. Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Sociedad Chilena de Derecho Internacional.CV María Teresa Infante Caffi
loc.gov * María Teresa Infante Caffi, Sara Inés Pimentel Hunt, Rodrigo Díaz Albónico (1992(. ''El medio ambiente en la minería''. Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile.

Articles

Audiovisual Library of International Law of the

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References

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