Constitution of Ecuador
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The Constitution of Ecuador is the supreme law of Ecuador
. The current constitution has been in place since 2008. It is the country's 20th constitution.
Following his election as President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa
call for a referendum
to form a constitutional assembly
to write a new constitution for the country. The referendum, held on April 15, 2007, passed with over 80% approval.
Elections for the formation of the assembly was held on September 30, 2007. With 74 seats, Rafael Correa's political party, PAIS Alliance, won the majority of the 130 available seats, giving him and his party control to approve any measure they wish.
The assembly first convened on November 29, 2007 in Montecristi
, and was given six months to write a new constitution, with a possible two-month extension. In late July, 2008, the assembly approved a draft constitution consisting of 494 articles, which was approved by the registered voters of Ecuador in September 2008 with a 63.93% to 28.10% margin of victory.
s rights.http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=537 http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=538 http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.feature/id/1529/page/1 http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=519
On September 28, 2008, the people of Ecuador voted for a new constitution that is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights. It was approved by a large margin. http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=548
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. The current constitution has been in place since 2008. It is the country's 20th constitution.
Following his election as President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa
Rafael Correa
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado born is the President of the Republic of Ecuador and was the president pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations. An economist educated in Ecuador, Belgium and the United States, he was elected President in late 2006 and took office in January 2007...
call for a referendum
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly referendum, 2007
A referendum on establishing a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution was held in Ecuador on 15 April 2007, although it had originally been planned for 18 March 2007. The referendum was called by President Rafael Correa on 15 January 2007. The Constituent Assembly Election was held on 30...
to form a constitutional assembly
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly
The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly was a 2007-2008 constitutional assembly in Ecuador, which drafted the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador, approved via the Ecuadorian constitutional referendum, 2008....
to write a new constitution for the country. The referendum, held on April 15, 2007, passed with over 80% approval.
Elections for the formation of the assembly was held on September 30, 2007. With 74 seats, Rafael Correa's political party, PAIS Alliance, won the majority of the 130 available seats, giving him and his party control to approve any measure they wish.
The assembly first convened on November 29, 2007 in Montecristi
Montecristi, Ecuador
Montecristi is a town in the Manabí province of Ecuador and the capital of the canton by the same name.As of the 2001 census Montecristi had 14,636 inhabitants....
, and was given six months to write a new constitution, with a possible two-month extension. In late July, 2008, the assembly approved a draft constitution consisting of 494 articles, which was approved by the registered voters of Ecuador in September 2008 with a 63.93% to 28.10% margin of victory.
Environmental rights
When Ecuador began the process of writing a new constitution, they received help from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund to draft environmental laws giving nature and ecosystemEcosystem
An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....
s rights.http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=537 http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=538 http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.feature/id/1529/page/1 http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=519
On September 28, 2008, the people of Ecuador voted for a new constitution that is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights. It was approved by a large margin. http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=548
See also
- 1830 Constitution of Ecuador1830 Constitution of EcuadorThe 1830 Constitution of Ecuador was the first constitution governing the Republic of Ecuador. It was written by the 1830 Constituent Congress that met in the city of Riobamba, which began their work on August 14 with the assistance of 20 deputies...
- Ecuadorian Constituent AssemblyEcuadorian Constituent AssemblyThe Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly was a 2007-2008 constitutional assembly in Ecuador, which drafted the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador, approved via the Ecuadorian constitutional referendum, 2008....
- ConstitutionConstitutionA constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...
- Constitutional lawConstitutional lawConstitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....
- Constitutional economicsConstitutional economicsConstitutional economics is a research program in economics and constitutionalism that has been described as extending beyond the definition of 'the economic analysis of constitutional law' in explaining the choice "of alternative sets of legal-institutional-constitutional rules that constrain the...
- ConstitutionalismConstitutionalismConstitutionalism has a variety of meanings. Most generally, it is "a complex of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law"....