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Title:
Advisory opinion No 016-13-DTI-CC
Party:
Ecuador
Region:
Latin America and the Caribbean
Type of document:
National - higher court
Date of text:
July 03, 2013
Data source:
InforMEA
Court name:
Corte Constitucional
Seat of court:
Quito
Reference number:
0034-11-TI
ECOLEX subject(s):
Legal questions
Abstract:

 The Ecuadorian Constitutional Court is asked to review the constitutionality of a bilateral treaty on climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development between Ecuador and Peru.

 

The court considered that the treaty was in line with the constitution and that its provisions abide the spirit of the constitution. However, the court recalled that for the procedure to be fully constitutional, this international agreement must be approved by the parliament.