Ecuador

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Overview

Ecuador is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for South America (ROSA). Established in 2009, the office works with state institutions, civil society organizations, regional and international organizations, and the UN in order to strengthen their capacities in promoting and protecting all human rights.

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News & Statements

Latest news

08 Jul 2024

Treaty bodies

Committee against Torture Opens Eightieth Session in Geneva

04 Jul 2024

Treaty bodies

UN Committee against Torture to review Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Republic of Korea, and Türkiye

13 May 2024

Special Procedures

UN experts call for meaningful consultations on Ecuador’s mining projects

29 Apr 2024

Special Procedures

Ecuador: Victims of modern slavery must have remedy and reparation in ongoing lawsuits, UN experts say

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Latest statements & messages

10 Aug 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador

23 Jan 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concludes his official visit to Ecuador

28 Jun 2022

Treaty bodies

Ecuador: UN committee urges end to violence against children during protests

07 Jul 2020

Special Procedures

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences Dubravka Šimonović at the 44th session of the Human Rights Council

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Featured Stories

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29 July 2021 Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

Social protection must be strengthened before the next crisis

In his latest report, the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Olivier De Schutter, said the millions of people thrown into extreme poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic should be a warning sign. He pushed for the creation of a Global Fund for Social Protection to improve long-term social protection measures and the universalization of social protection floors for low-income countries.
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06 September 2019 Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Courts rather than spears used to defend indigenous territories

Nemonte Nenquino and Omanca are land human rights defenders from the Waorani people in Ecuador. The group recently won a landmark court ruling against the Government preventing oil exploration on their land.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles and letter by the High Commissioner to the Foreign Minister

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/45/44/Add.1: Visit to Ecuador - Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

A/HRC/44/52/Add.2: Visit to Ecuador - Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes, and consequences

A/HRC/44/48/ADD.1 - Visit to Ecuador - Report of the Special Rapporteur on physical and mental health

A/HRC/42/37/Add.1: Visit to Ecuador - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

A/HRC/41/35/ADD.1: Visit to Ecuador - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

A/HRC/39/47/Add.1: Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order on his mission to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Ecuador

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CEDAW/C/ECU/CO/10: Concluding observations on the tenth periodic report of Ecuador

E/C.12/ECU/CO/4: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Ecuador

CRPD/C/ECU/CO/2-3: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of Ecuador - Advance unedited version

CRC/C/ECU/CO/5-6: Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Ecuador

CMW/C/ECU/CO/3: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Ecuador

CERD/C/ECU/CO/23-24: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Concluding observations on the combined twenty-third and twenty-fourth periodic reports of Ecuador

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48

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