Articles for tag: Ecuador, Ecuadorian Constitutional Court

Schwächung eines starken Gerichts

Weltweit geraten Verfassungsgerichte unter Druck. Während die Delegitimierungsversuche der Justiz in einigen Kontexten gut dokumentiert werden, erhalten andere Fälle bislang nur wenig Aufmerksamkeit. Hierzu zählt auch Ecuador, wo Präsident Daniel Noboa jüngst einen Marsch auf das Verfassungsgericht anführte. Die Schärfe der Delegitimationskampagnen gegen das Gericht ist auch mit den Partikularitäten der ecuadorianischen Verfassungsordnung zu erklären: Deren weitreichende Garantien erschweren es Noboa, den Staat nach seinen Vorstellungen umzubauen.

8. September 2025

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Legal “heartfelt thinking”

Courts in Ecuador and in many other jurisdictions across the Global South, and increasingly in the Global North, have addressed this recognition of rights to nature in a pluralistic manner. Yet, it is exactly that cacophony of voices and actors that challenges traditional legal thinking. This requires leaving the beaten track and experimenting with new (legal) processes and methods. They can open up a space for experiments that can stimulate legal thinking and contribute to the further development of rights of nature, as illustrated in the following artistic-legal minga in Quito, organized in the framework of the Amazon of Rights project.

7. Februar 2025

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Non-Retrogression as Progress

Latin America has often led the way in protecting the right to health, particularly in regulating risk factors such as tobacco and unhealthy diets. However, some of these advancements have recently been jeopardized as governments prioritize private economic interests over health. Judicialization has thus emerged as an opportunity – perhaps the only one – to defend progress achieved. Given recent judicial rulings in Uruguay and Ecuador, we reflect on the fragility of legal interventions that threaten powerful economic interests, as well as on the opportunities offered by human rights-based litigation.

18. Oktober 2024

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Nine Months Into Chaos

Ecuador is nine months away from the chaotic events of 9 January 2024: attacks and the seizure of a live newscast by members of organized crime, the consequent declaration of an “internal armed conflict” by the Presidency and the designation of 22 organized crime groups as “military targets”. This social and political process which has transformed the country is not yet fully understood and merits reflection on several key aspects of this ongoing dynamic.

17. Oktober 2024

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Are Rights of Nature Working?

Legal initiatives recognizing the rights of nature have transformed from a trickle to a cascade. But are they really effective? A systematic study on the implementation of the Ecuadorian Los Cedros ruling, one of the most prominent decisions of this sort, shows that it has been notably effective in protecting the forest from mining threats. However, its impact on local community involvement has been limited, and the fate of Los Cedros and the case remain vulnerable.

8. August 2024

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Ecuador’s Constitutional Landscape Towards COVID-19

Considering the political scenario, this article will highlight that the government's management of the pandemic has been ill-timed; it has not been holistic but rather aimed at providing temporary solutions without alleviating the underlying problems of the Ecuadorian population and that the control of the President's exceptional powers has been assumed mainly by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador and not by the legislature.

29. März 2021

Caudillo-Konstitutionalismus

Kein Kontinent ist freudiger am Werk, wenn es ans Verfassunggeben geht, als Lateinamerika. Unerreichter Spitzenreiter ist die Dominikanische Republik: 32 Verfassungen seit der Staatsgründung 1821. Dann kommt Venezuela mit 26, Haiti mit 24 und Ecuador mit 20 – die letzte davon 2008, stolze 444 Artikel lang und voller wunderbarer Grundrechte wie zum Beispiel dem in Art. 383 niedergelegten Grundrecht auf la ampliación de las condiciones físicas, sociales y ambientales para su disfrute. Das heißt, wenn ich mein Küchenspanisch zusammenkratze, in etwa: auf Vermehrung der physischen, sozialen und umweltmäßigen Bedingungen des Genusses. Bin ich sehr dafür. Ich entnehme diese Zahlen einem ... continue reading

25. Mai 2010

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