Ecuador
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 10, 1998. New constitutional text adopted on October 20, 2008
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- National Court of Justice, Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
95% Catholics; 5% other
From the country
- APRIL 6, 2009EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ecuador/Florida. Ecuador is demanding the return of one of their citizens, Nelson Ivan Serrano Saenz, from Florida’s death row
USA - Ecuador/Florida. Ecuador is demanding the return of one of their citizens, Nelson Ivan Serrano Saenz, from Florida’s death row
- JANUARY 30, 2009EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
ECUADOR: US MUST RETURN ITS CITIZEN ON DEATH ROW
Ecuador's government hired a lawyer to appeal the sentences against a citizen on Florida's death row and Interior Minister Fernando Bustamante called again for the US to return the man to the South American country
- JANUARY 1, 2009EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2008EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- DECEMBER 18, 2007EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Ecuador voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JUNE 26, 2007EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
ECUADOR CALLS FOR SUSPENSION OF ECUADORIAN'S DEATH SENTENCE IN U.S.
Ecuador condemned the death sentence handed down to Ecuadorian citizen Nelson Ivan Serrano Saenz in the United States for the murder of four people.
- JANUARY 1, 2007EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2006EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- APRIL 20, 2005EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- APRIL 21, 2004EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Ecuador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states: