Equateur

DATE D’EXAMEN :
7 avril 2008 - 15h-18h

Membership of the Human Rights Council :
2006 - 2007

Full name : Republic of Ecuador
Population : 13,755,680

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Ecuador to the United Nations Office in Geneva :
Rue de Lausanne 80-82 (4th floor)
1202 Geneva
Tel : +41 22 732 49 55
Fax : +41 22 732 48 34
Email : onuginebra mmrree.gov.ec
Website : http://www.mmrree.gov.ec

Head of delegation :
His Excellency Mr. Mauricio Montalvo
Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary
Permanent Representative

Government type : Republic
Head of State : President Rafael Correa (since 2007)

National Human Rights mechanisms :
- Defensoría del Pueblo del Ecuador

Pledges and commitments : Ecuador’s voluntary pledges and commitments for the election to the Human Rights Council (submitted May 1st 2006).

Ecuador’s position on main resolutions and decisions at the HRC :

In favour : A/HRC/RES/1/2, A/HRC/DEC/1/106, A/HRC/DEC/1/107, A/HRC/RES/S-1/1, A/HRC/RES/S-2/1, A/HRC/RES/S-3/1, A/HRC/RES/2/3, A/HRC/RES/2/4, A/HRC/DEC/2/109, A/HRC/2/L.48 (rejected), A/HRC/RES/3/1, A/HRC/DEC/3/103, A/HRC/RES/4/5, A/HRC/DEC/4/103

Against :

Abstained : A/HRC/DEC/2/115, A/HRC/RES/4/9

No vote :

For the full list of resolutions and decisions taken by the HRC, see here.

International Human Rights treaties

TreatyDate of SignatureDate of ratificationDate of accession
1. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 11.12.1948 21.12.1949
2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 22.09.1966
2.a. Amendment to article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 199226.09.2006 (acceptance)
3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 29.09.1967 06.03.1969
4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, 1966 04.04.1968 06.03.1969
5. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, 1966 04.04.1968 06.03.1969
6. Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity, 1968 NO ACTION
7. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 12.03.1975 12.05.1975
8. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 17.07.1980 09.11.1981
8.a. Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1995 NO ACTION
8.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1999 10.12.1999 05.02.2002
9. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 04.02.1985 30.03.1988
9.a. Amendments to articles 17 (7) and 18 (5) of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 199206.09.1995 (acceptance)
9.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 2002 24.03.2007
10. International Convention against Apartheid in Sports, 1985 16.05.1986 12.06.1991
11. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 26.01.1990 23.03.1990
11.a. Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1995 25.02.1998 (acceptance)
11.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000 06.09.2000 07.06.2004
11.c. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2000 06.09.2000 30.01.2004
12. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 1989 23.02.1993
13. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 1990 05.02.2002
14. Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1992 24.07.199226.10.1994
15. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 30.03.2007 03.04.2008
15.a. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 30.03.2007 03.04.2008
16. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 2006 24.05.2007

Reservations, Declarations and Objections

Reservations and Declarations

9. Reservation : Ecuador declares that, in accordance with the provisions of article 42 of its Political Constitution, it will not permit extradition of its nationals.

11. Upon signature :
Declaration : "In signing the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Ecuador reaffirms . . . [that it is] especially pleased with the ninth preambular paragraph of the draft Convention, which pointed to the need to protect the unborn child, and believed that that paragraph should be borne in mind in interpreting all the articles of the Convention, particularly article 24. While the minimum age set in article 38 was, in its view, too low, [the Government of Ecuador] did not wish to endanger the chances for the Convention’s adoption by consensus and therefore would not propose any amendment to the text."

11. c Declaration : The Government of the Republic of Ecuador hereby declares that, in accordance with the provisions of its Constitution, military service is compulsory. Citizens who invoke conscientious objection on moral, religious or philosophical grounds are assigned to community service, in the manner prescribed by the law. Article 5 of the Act on Compulsory Military Service states that "military obligations begin, for Ecuadorian citizens, at 18 years of age, and end at 55 years of age. The period between the ages of 18 and 55 shall be called ’military age’ ".

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