Ecuador

Case No. 0001-14-IO (2017)

Case No. 2-20-EE (2020)

Case No. 363-15-EP (2021)

Labor Code of Ecuador (2005)

Comprehensive Organic Penal Code of Ecuador (as amended)

The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador establishes the rights that all people, regardless of gender, shall enjoy. For example, Article 11.2 stipulates that no person may be discriminated against on the basis of gender, among other criteria. In accordance with Article 27, education must promote equality among men and women. Article 32 explains that the State guarantees health rights through permanent, timely, and non-exclusionary access to programs and services for integral, sexual, and reproductive healthcare.

Executive Decree No. 1981 (2004), against the human trafficking and exploitation of persons.

Executive Decree No. 620 (2007), on national gender violence eradication. 

This decree mandates certain governmental institutions to create and execute a national plan for the eradication of gender violence against children, adolescents, and adult women. With this plan, Ecuador seeks to uphold its constitutional obligations to guarantee the right to personal integrity and to prohibit inhumane treatment and acts of physical, psychological, or sexual violence. 

Law Against Violence Against Women and the Family (1995)

Law on Labor Protection of Women (1996)

This law establishes that Superior Courts must guarantee that women constitute at least 20% of all judge minister positions, and maintain that same minimum percentage among all judges, notaries, registrars, and other judicial officials. This ensures that a minimum of 20% of all high-level judicial positions and court staff in the Superior Courts are occupied by women.