In the midst of a climate of international tension, the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile is at the center of a student mobilization. The students carried out a takeover with the aim of breaking relations with certain Israeli universities.
Along these lines, the dean Pablo Ruiz-Tagle Vialin a letter addressed to the Law School community, regretted that after six years of uninterrupted public university education, “a minority group of students has adopted this forceful measure.”
“The authorities of the faculty, which include the dean, the school director and other members of the management team, They have decided to remain in their offices and spend the night there with the purpose of protecting the institution.“says the statement.
Despite the situation, the academic authority urges professors to “continue their teaching work through digital platforms such as Zoom, in an effort to maintain the commitment to teaching Law.”
Review the letter from the dean of the Faculty of Law here:
Students ask to end agreements
The Law Student Center of the University of Chile joined the request of other faculties to end the agreement with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This decision was made following the events that are occurring in the Gaza Strip.
“It is important to realize that the crimes that have been committed are not contingencies typical of a war, but they respond to a policy of Israel and its institutions“, the students argued in a letter to the dean.
The student representatives They requested that Resolution No. 314 be rescindedof the year 2022, which approves the interinstitutional collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile.
On the other hand, the rector of the University of Chile, Rosa Devéssummoned the University Council for this Friday, May 24, with the aim of addressing the situation in a collegial manner.
“In our vision, the necessary rejection of the attacks by the Israeli government on Palestinian territory It should not be confused with a cancellation of the university communities of that countrywhere there are undoubtedly many people who, exercising critical thinking, repudiate violent actions,” said Devés.
