La prescripciónde la acción penal y los derechos del sujeto activo de la infracción

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to study in a descriptive way the prescription of the action and its incidence on the rights of the active subject of the criminal offense, due to the statute of limitations on sexual crimes committed against children and adolescents, through the approval in popular consultation by the Ecuadorian people. In the development is analyzed the end of the prescription of criminal action, doctrinal concepts, jurisprudence, causes and effects, together with the purpose of the criminal process and criminal policy, getting to establish what are the criminal principles and rights of the alleged active subject of the criminal offense that has been violated because of such imprescriptibility, which were analyzed based on concepts of authors and international human rights standards of which Ecuador is a part. In the development, critical-propositive opinions are carried out, with the aim of providing criteria to avoid existing asymmetries due to state legal persecution.