CASE NOTE
JUDGMENT NO 335-13-JP (12 AUGUST 2020)
(CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ECUADOR)
ANA MARÍA MORENO-SÁCHICA*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................................................................... 1
Facts .......................................................................................................................... 3
Issues......................................................................................................................... 4
Holding ..................................................................................................................... 4
Reasoning ................................................................................................................. 6
Conclusion ................................................................................................................ 6
INTRODUCTION
Ecuador is a party to the main international human rights instruments, such as the
universal and Inter-American protection systems, including the American
Convention on Human Rights (‘ACHR’), the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (‘CRMW’), the Convention
Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of
Statelessness. 1 In addition, Ecuador recently achieved important constitutional and
legislative developments in respect of the rights of migrants. For example, several
provisions contained in the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador 2008
(‘Constitution of Ecuador’) 2 and in the Organic Law on Human Mobility 2017, 3
along with its regulations and latest reform contained in the Organic Law
Reforming the Organic Law on Human Mobility of 5 February 2021, 4 seek to
protect and guarantee the rights of migrants, immigrants, persons in transit,
persons with international protection needs, victims of human trafficking crimes
and the illegal smuggling of migrants.
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Ana María Moreno-Sáchica is a Legal Affairs Adviser of the Border Management Unit at the
Presidency of the Republic of Colombia.
American Convention on Human Rights, opened for signature 22 November 1969, 1144
UNTS 123 (entered into force 18 July 1978) (‘ACHR’); International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, opened for signature 16 December 1966, 999 UNTS 171 (entered into force
23 March 1976); International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, opened for signature 18 December 1990, 2220
UNTS 3 (entered into force 1 July 2003) (‘CRMW’); Convention Relating to the Status of
Stateless Persons, opened for signature 28 September 1954, 360 UNTS 117 (entered into
force 6 June 1960); Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, opened for signature 30
August 1961, 989 UNTS 175 (entered into force 13 December 1975).
Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador 2008, arts 6, 40–41 (‘Constitution of Ecuador’).
Organic Law on Human Mobility (2017) 938 Official Registry Supplement 1 (Ecuador).
Organic Law Reforming the Organic Law on Human Mobility (2021) II(386) Official
Registry 2 (Ecuador).