Los Derechos Constitucionales de la Naturaleza en el Ecuador: Casos Pendientes en la Corte Constitucional
Law School of Universidad de las Américas UDLA
November 22nd, 2023
5:00 PM Eastern Time, 5:00 PM Ecuador (GMT-5) Local Time
You are invited to join us in-person or online, for this seminar titled Los Derechos Constitucionales de la Naturaleza en el Ecuador: Casos Pendientes en la Corte Constitucional. This event will be en Espanol.
This event will take place in Quito at the Law School of Universidad de las Américas UDLA, in Auditorio 1 y 2 Campus Granados.
The seminar is organized by the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER) with the Law School of Universidad de las Américas UDLA. Here is the list of speakers:
CDER’s External Attorney, Hugo Echeverria
Ecuador Constitutional Court Judge, Alejandra Cárdenas, who is also a Professor at UDLA Law School
Environmental Law Professor Viviana Morales
Ecuador is the first country to recognize constitutional rights to nature, in 2008. Ecuador’s Constitutional Court - the top Court of the country - has issued the first jurisprudence endowing these new rights with essential content.
Today there are multiple rights of nature cases pending before the Constitutional Court. The goal of the seminar is the analysis of these cases, which include the river Dulcepamba, the river Piatúa, and the Forest of the Cuenca Alta Nangaritza cases, on hydropower and mining issues.
The event will continue the Constitutional Law discussion on the scope and content of these new rights that CDER has been hosting through a series of webinars beginning in 2022. In 2022, we organized the first one with Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales. In March 2023, we organized the second one with Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja; in May, the third one with Universidad de Guayaquil; and in September 2023, the fourth one with Pontificia Universidad Católica.
This event is free, and will be broadcast via UDLA's social media as well, with all social platforms located on the official program website.