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The National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) is the unicameral legislature of Ecuador. It replaced the National Congress in 2009 following reforms under the 2008 Constitution. [1] Within Ecuador, the National Assembly has the power to pass laws, while appointment of judges to the National Court of Justice is done by a separate Judicial ...
The Court was created as part of Ecuador's 1996 constitutional reform package. It is composed of nine magistrates. The Court has been affected by Ecuador's recent political crises. In 2005, President Lucio Gutiérrez manipulated his party's modest advantage in Congress to replace numerous justices, including eight of nine members of the Court . [1]
Ecuadorian nationality is regulated by the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador and the Naturalization Law of 1976 (Spanish: Ley de Naturalización de 1976). [1] Some articles of the Naturalization Law of 1976 conflict with the 2008 Constitution, however Article 424 of the constitution establishes that it prevails over any other legal orders.
The decriminalization of homosexuality in Ecuador took place on 25 November 1997, when the Constitutional Tribunal issued a landmark decision in Case 111-97-TC declaring the first clause of Article 516 of the Penal Code – which criminalized same-sex sexual relations as a crime with a penalty of four to eight years of imprisonment – unconstitutional.
1 Population as per the census carried out on 2022-10-01 [3]. In addition, there were four areas that were non-delimited. These locations were: Las Golondrinas: In a referendum held on 3 April 2016, 56.9% of voters voted in favor of Las Golondrinas being incorporated into the Imbabura Province.
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Article 68 of the Ecuador Constitution states: "La adopción corresponderá sólo a parejas de distinto sexo". [19] An unofficial English language translation of this provision states: "Adoption shall only be permitted for different-sex couples." [12] The Constitution is silent about adoptions by single individuals.
The Authonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Ecuador and all Latin America was created in 2010 with the idea of being an independent jurisdiction, the "Holy Synod Metropolitan Avolona And Boeotia" granted this jurisdiction a tomos of autonomy in November 2010, which allows the presence of the Church under now Metropolitan Chrysostomos. Further the ...