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In the 2019 case 11-18-CN/19, [3] the Court legalized same-sex marriage in Ecuador. On May 29, 2018, the court ruled in case 1692-12-EP in favor of a lesbian couple, allowing them to register their child in the Civil Registry with both their surnames. [4] On February 5, 2024, in the case 67-23-IN/24, the court ruled that active euthanasia is ...
Waorani of Pastaza vs. Ecuadorian State was a 2019 court case filed against the Ecuadorian State by indigenous communities of the Amazon rainforest regions. The CONCONAWEP (Coordinating Council of the Waorani Nationality of Ecuador-Pastaza) filed a suit in the Pastaza Provincial Court alleging that the Ecuadorian government was selling Waorani indigenous land for oil drilling without proper ...
On 29 March 2019, a public hearing was held to determine whether the IACHR advisory opinion on same-sex marriage was applicable to Ecuador, and whether it could be applied without a constitutional amendment or modifications to the Civil Code and the Organic Law of Identity and Civil Data Management (Spanish: Ley Orgánica de Identidad y ...
With this funding, Ecuador was able to invest in social welfare programs, reduce poverty and increase the average standard of living in Ecuador, while at the same time growing Ecuador's economy. [15] [16] [17] Such policies resulted in a popular base of support for Correa, who was re-elected to the presidency twice between 2007 and 2013. [12]
The case at the ICJ, also known as the World Court, centres on the arrest of Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas, twice convicted of corruption and facing further charges, who had been ...
The Atala case has caused bans on same-sex marriage in Mexico to be struck down and Chile pledging to legalise same-sex marriage. Additionally, in January 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that same-sex marriage is a human right protected by the American Convention on Human Rights . [ 3 ]
The National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) is the unicameral legislature of Ecuador. It replaced the National Congress in 2009 following reforms under the 2008 Constitution. [1] Within Ecuador, the National Assembly has the power to pass laws, while appointment of judges to the National Court of Justice is done by a separate Judicial ...
Ecuador is experiencing a growing wave of violence, which authorities attribute to drug trafficking gan. Ecuador's attorney general's office said Thursday it had detained 29 people, including the ...