Problemas derivados de la aplicación de la definición de refugiado en el decreto 1182 (Reglamento de aplicación del Derecho de Refugiados en el Ecuador) por omisión de la definición de la declaración de Cartagena de 1984

摘要

In May, 2012, the Ecuadorian Government issued the Executive Decree #1182, wherein the broad definition about refugees from the Cartagena Declaration of 1984 was completely omitted. This definition, as we will see, provides a bigger reach for the protection to the victims of forced displacement. Consequently, the elimination of the definition about refugees from the Cartagena Declaration within the Executive Decree #1182 has occurred to the detriment of the human rights of refugees, violating the right of refuge acknowledged by the Constitution itself, as well as to a series of human rights principles which enable the validity of the right of refuge. Therefore, this thesis seeks to display that despite of the elimination of the definition of refugee of the Cartagena Declaration from the Executive Decree, that regulates this matter, this is the definition that should be implemented in Ecuador, wherein I will base the argument in doctrine, comparative legislation and in the Constitution.