La reparación integral en sentencias constitucionales y la garantía de los derechos de la naturaleza en el Ecuador

Abstract

The human species is part of nature and life depends on the uninterrupted functioning of natural systems. Every form of life is unique and deserves to be respected, whatever its usefulness to the human being. The traditional conception of subjects of law, as well as the idea of nature as an entity that is useful to human beings has been modified by the Ecuadorian Constitution of 2008. In this normative body, nature is expressly recognized as a subject of rights and it has been tried to generate a conceptual and substantial change regarding various topics such as the development regime and the inclusion of good living. It is evident that, for the effective fulfillment of the established rights, a situation is required in which there is harmony between human beings and nature, which is precisely what good living seeks. The current Ecuadorian Constitution has established rights in favor of nature, including a constitutional reservation for its creation. By virtue of this, due to ignorance in the administration of justice, rights granted in favor of the pacha mama have been violated, which has required the presentation of various constitutional actions and precautionary measures in order to make effective the enjoyment of these rights. As a result of the absence of specialists in the expert system, the reparation for the damages caused to nature is presumed unfair. In short, Ecuador establishes that nature has the right to have the existence, maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes fully respected. Among other aspects, what is established is developed within the present investigation, with the objective of determining the different guarantees of the rights of nature