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Ecuador Constitutionality of the Escazú Agreement

Ecuador
National
Approved in 2019
Case
Rights Of Nature
Nature
All Nature
Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador
Government

Summary

In 2019, at the request of the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador established that the Ezcasu Agreement does not require approval by the legislature, as it is consistent with the protections for nature established in the Constitution, such as the rights of communities and indigenous peoples, prior consultation, the right to a healthy environment, and the rights of nature. The Ezcasu Agreement aims to ensure the full and effective implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean of the rights of access to information, public participation in decision-making processes, and access to justice in environmental matters, as well as the creation and strengthening of capacities towards the protection of the right of every person to live in a healthy environment and to sustainable development.

To see the original legal document(s) for this initiative, click the links below:

Ecuadorian Constitutional Court Judgment on Constitutionality of the Escazú Agreement [PDF]

To see other supplementary information related to this initiative, click the links below:

Dialogo Chino - Escazú Agreement: so close, but made distant by coronavirus

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