RIGHTS OF NATURE IN ECUADOR

Abstract:

In some legal systems, the so-called rights of nature are beginning to be recognized at the constitutional, legal and jurispru¬dential levels, granting them their own legal personality. The path to their recognition and unification began with the United Nations Charter of Nature of 1982, which established that the human species is a fundamental part of nature and that life depends on the uninterrupted and concatenated functioning of natural systems; it also warns that all forms of life are unique and deserve to be respected, regardless of their usefulness for human beings. The 2008 Constitution of Ecuador is the first in the world to expressly recognize nature as a subject of rights, admitting its intrinsic value regardless of its usefulness. The seventh chapter, called “Rights of Nature”, contemplates the following: The right to integral conservation; the right to restoration; precaution against the extinction of species and the non-introduction of genetically modified organisms; and the non-appropriation of environmental services. The Ecuadorian Constitution recognizes that nature or Pacha Mama, the place where life is reproduced and carried out, therefore, has the right to protect and care for its existence and maintenance and regeneration of its vital cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes.

Año de publicación:

2022

Keywords:

• life
• Constitution
• Rights
• Nature

Fuente:

scopus