La obligación de negociar de buena fe en el Derecho Internacional: una reflexión a la luz del fallo de la Corte Internacional de Justicia sobre la excepción preliminar opuesta por Chile en la demanda boliviana sobre la obligación de negociar una salida al

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to characterize the obligation to negotiate in good faith within the framework of International Law. All this as a result of the judgment on the preliminary objection filed by Chile in the Bolivian lawsuit before the International Court of Justice claiming that Chile has an obligation to negotiate in good faith a sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean. For this, the author cites international declarations and treaties where this obligation is contemplated, along with judgments of the International Court of Justice on the same point. The article concludes with several considerations in which the author analyses the implications it could have for Chile if the Court decided that Bolivia is right in terms of its demand on the obligation to negotiate in good faith a sovereign access to the sea.