Judicial Independence in Ecuador

November 17, 2014

Timeline of Luis Pásara’s report “Judicial Independence in Ecuador’s Judicial Reform Process,” published by the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society (DeJusticia) and the Legal Defense Institute (IDL).

 

The Report

The report was presented during a press conference in Quito, Ecuador on July 29, 2014.

Judicial Independence in Ecuador’s Judicial Reform Process (Full report in Spanish only)

Judicial Independence in Ecuador's Judicial Reform Process (Executive Summary)

Press Release on the presentation of the report

 

Initial response from the Ecuadorian government (Spanish only)

Enlace Ciudadano Nro. 384 (2:40:24 - 2:49:42), August 2, 2014

Presentación del Presidente Correa durante Enlace Ciudadano, August 2, 2014

Entrevista a Gustavo Jalkh, Presidente del Consejo de la Judicatura, August 1, 2014

Carta del Presidente del Consejo de la Judicatura, Gustavo Jalkh a Luis Pásara, August 1, 2014

 

Response from the author and the organizations that published the report

DPLF, Dejusticia and IDL’s response to the Ecuadorian Judicial Council, Gustavo Jalkh, August 8, 2014

Luis Pásara’s statement on the report, August 9, 2014 (Spanish only)

 

Second response from the Ecuadorian government

Enlace Ciudadano Nro. 386, August 16, 2014 (Spanish only)

 

False information and clarifications about the report

Article from the Agencia Agencia Pública de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES), September 7, 2014 (Spanish only)

Video from Ecuador TV, August 2014 (Spanish only)

DPLF, DeJusticia and IDL clarify false information about report, September 15, 2014

 

Media coverage

Interview with Katya Salazar, DPLF Executive Director (CNN), July 29, 2014

Coverage of the launching of the report (Ecuavisa), July 29, 2014

Interview with Luis Pásara (Radio Media Naranja), August 9, 2014

Press summary, July-September, 2014

 

Experts’ comments on the report (Spanish only)

- Juan Pablo Albán
Do We Have the Justice that We Deserve? (¿Tenemos la justicia que nos merecemos?)
Ad hominem

-  César Rodríguez Garavito
Shadows of the Ecuadorian Miracle (Sombras del milagro ecuatoriano)
From Uribe to Correa (De uribe a Correa)

- Miguel Rivadeneira
The Image of Justice (La imagen de la justicia)

- Farith Simon
(No) Judicial Independence ((No) independencia judicial)

- Gabirela Calderón de Burgos
Crime of Economic Panic (Delito de pánico económico)

- Marco Feoli
The Peruvian Professor that Irritated Correa (El profesor peruano que irritó a Correa)

- Daniela Salazar
Intimidated (Amedrentada)

- Héctor Yépez Martínez
Broke Government, vulnerable citizens (Gobierno chiro, ciudadanos indefensos