Preferencias académicas de los estudiantes de la Carrera de Derecho y su vinculación con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) a través del estudio de sentencias

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Abstract: In this paper several topics of analysis and investigation are presented in application of the systematic, exegetical and legal method of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador's Judgment No. 1149-19-JP/21 in favour of the Los Cedros Protected Forest, with the aim of linking it to the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In the judgment, the rights of nature, the right to a healthy environment, the right to water and the right to environmental consultation were invoked as violated. The Constitutional Court upheld the decision and accepted the action brought by the Autonomous Decentralised Government of Cotacachi, in addition to setting out binding jurisprudence. It then links it to one of the Sustainable Development Goals, number 15, which aims to promoting the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, preventing desertification, combating and reversing land degradation, and preventing biodiversity loss. From the analysis of the work, it is resolved that the institutional functioning in the management of the metallic mineral concessions within the Los Cedros Protected Forest did not comply with the regulations required by Ecuador for the preservation of complex ecosystems, nor with the guarantees to its citizens. The conclusion was that the concession process violated the rights alleged by the plaintiff. This also resulted in the violation of the right to legal security of the companies ENAMI EP and Cornerstone.