Global Affiliates

Dr. Michael Hantke-Domas is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law and Government at San Sebastián University (Chile), Vice Chair of the Water and Wetland Law Specialist Group at the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, and affilliate member of the International Water Law Academy (IWLA).

Dr. Michael Hantke-Domas is an internationally recognized lawyer for his professional and academic practice in water law, environmental law, and natural resources. He has more than 25 years of experience acting as a judge, academic, lawyer, public servant, international official, and consultant.

His areas of work include international environmental law, environmental impact assessment, biodiversity, environmental damage, environmental justice, judiciary, international water law, national water law, wetlands, ecosystem services, regulatory frameworks, public policy, and comparative law. His publications include:

1.      2022 “Urban Water Regulation and Health: The Case of Chile.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. In co-authorship with Mr Ronaldo Bruna.  Retrieved 25 May. 2022, from https://oxfordre.com/publichealth/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190632366.001.0001/acrefore-9780190632366-e-292.

2.      2021 “Comentario a las sentencias Majul y Champion”, in Alejandra Rabasa Salinas and Claudia S. de Windt, co-ordinators, Antología Judicial Ambiental 2017-2021, (Ciudad de México: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación). Pp. 123-125.

3.      2020 “Guía Metodológica de Cierre de Minas” (Methodological Guide for Mine Closing), co-authored with Ms Ana Luisa Morales. Documentos de Proyectos (LC/TS.2020/166), Santiago, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).

4.      2018 “Does slow and steady win the race? Ecosystem services in Canadian and Chilean environmental law”, co-authored with Mr Roberto Pastén y Mr Martin Olszynski. Ecosystem Services 29. Pp. 240-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.11.013

5.      2017 “Chapter 5: Water Markets”, in Routledge Handbook of Water Law and Policy. In Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Andrew Allan and Sarah Hendry, Eds. (Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, UK). Routledge: London, pp. 65-77.

Bio

Dr. Michael Hantke Domas is an internationally recognized lawyer for his professional and academic practice in environmental law, water law, and natural resources. He has more than 25 years of experience acting as a judge, academic, lawyer, public servant, international official, and consultant.

Dr. Hantke Domas holds an LLB from Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile), and a PhD from the ESRC Center for Competition Policy and the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom).

Dr. Hantke Domas served as Justice of the Third Environment Court (Valdivia, Chile) for 6 years (2013-2019). During this period, he was the first president of the Court, and in that capacity, he led its installation. Previously, he worked in two large law firms in Chile and acted as legal advisor for the Ministry of Public Works (Chile) and the Chilean Water Services Regulation Authority.

He is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law and Government at San Sebastián University (Chile), and was honorary associate of the ESRC Center for Competition Policy and the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom).

Furthermore, he is Vice Chair of the Water and Wetland Law Specialist Group at the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. Equally, he is a member of the International Association for Water Law, the European Environmental Law Forum, the Chilean Association of Environmental Law, and honorary member of the Mexican Academy of Law, Juan Velázquez A.C.

In addition, he works as a lawyer and senior international consultant. He has provided consultancy services to UNEP, UNODC, UNDP, UNECLAC, UNCTAD, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Law Institute (ELI, USA), among others.

Dr Hantke-Domas is author of an extensive list of publications and is constantly invited to seminars and congress around the world. He is fluent in English and Spanish.