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CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Published in the Official Register
October 20, 2008
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREAMBLE
TITLE I: CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF THE STATE
• Chapter one: basic principles
• Chapter two: Female and male citizens
TITLE II: RIGHTS
• Chapter one: Principles for the enforcement of rights
•Chapter two: Rights of the good way of living (buen vivir)
• Chapter three: rights of priority persons and groups
• Chapter four: rights of communities, peoples and nations
• Chapter five: rights to participation
• Chapter six: rights to freedom
• Chapter seven: rights of nature
• Chapter eight: rights to protection
• Chapter nine: responsibilities
TITLE III:CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES
• Chapter one: guarantees of the legal and regulatory framework
• Chapter two: public policies, public services, and public participation
• Chapter three: jurisdictional guarantees
TITLE IV: PARTICIPATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POWER
• Chapter one: participation in democracy
• Chapter two: legislative branch of government
• Chapter three: executivebranch of government
• Chapter four: judicial branch and indigenous justice branch of government
• Chapter five: Transparency and social control branch of government
• Chapter six: Electoral branch of government
• Chapter seven: public administration
TITLE V: TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE
• Chapter one: general principles
• Chapter two: organization of theterritory
• Chapter three: decentralized autonomous governments and special systems
• Chapter four: system of jurisdictions
• Chapter five: economic resources
TITLE VI: DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE
• Chapter one: General principles
• Chapter two: participatory planning for development
• Chapter three: food sovereignty
• Chapter four: economic sovereignty
• Chapterfive: strategic sectors, services and state enterprises
• Chapter six: labor and production
• Section four: Democratization of inputs
• Section five: commerce and fair trade
• Section six: savings and investment
TITLE VII: THE GOOD WAY OF LIVING SYSTEM
• Chapter one: inclusion and equity
• Chapter two: biodiversity and natural resources
TITLE VIII: INTERNATIONALRELATIONS
• Chapter one: Principles governing international relations
• Chapter two: international treaties and instruments
• Chapter three: Latin American integration
TITLE IX: SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION
• Chapter one: Principles
• Chapter two: Constitutional Court
• Chapter three: Amending the Constitution
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
• Chapter one: nature of thetransition
• Chapter two: elections
• Chapter three: institutional transition
REPEAL PROVISION
TRANSITION SYSTEM
FINAL PROVISION
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CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR
 
PREAMBLE
We women and men, the sovereign people of Ecuador
RECOGNIZING our age-old roots, wrought by women and men from various peoples,
CELEBRATING nature, the Pacha Mama (Mother Earth), of which we are apart and which is vital to our existence,
INVOKING the name of God and recognizing our diverse forms of religion and spirituality,
CALLING UPON the wisdom of all the cultures that enrich us as a society,
AS HEIRS to social liberation struggles against all forms of domination and colonialism
AND with a profound commitment to the present and to the future,
Hereby decide to build
A new form ofpublic coexistence, in diversity and in harmony with nature, to achieve the good way of living, the sumak kawsay;
A society that respects, in all its dimensions, the dignity of individuals and community groups;
A democratic country, committed to Latin American integration—the dream of Simón Bolívar and Eloy Alfaro—, peace and solidarity with all peoples of the Earth;
And, exercising our...