| The Role of the Judiciary in the Violation of Human Rights in Ecuador Contributor(s): Vintimilla Saldana, Jaime (Author), Zavala Egas, Jorge (Author), Rubianes Morales, Fabricio (Author) |
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ISBN: 154411236X ISBN-13: 9781544112367 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.94 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.37 lbs) 138 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: According to the US Department of State's report on Human Rights Practices for 2015 in Ecuador: "The main human rights abuses were lack of independence in the judicial sector; and] restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association" (in addition to corruption). The report specifies that judges "reached decisions based on media influence or political and economic pressures in cases where the government expressed interest." It adds that, according to human rights lawyers, "the government also ordered judges to deny all 'protection action' legal motions that argued that the government had violated an individual's constitutional rights to free movement, due process, and equal treatment before the law." U.S. Dept. of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015-Ecuador (2016), available at: http: //www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=253011. |