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: The Constitutional Court of Ecuador, in its ruling on case No. 273-19-JP/22, issued a binding ruling focused on the effective protection of the rights of indigenous communities and the rights of nature in the context of extractive activities. The highest body confirmed the violation of multiple fundamental rights, including the right to prior, free and informed consultation; right to ancestral territory; right to cultural identity; the right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment; right to water; and the rights of nature enshrined in the Magna Carta. The Court emphasized the importance of the territory for indigenous communities, considering that the omission of prior consultation constitutes a serious transgression of collective rights; By virtue of the principle of self-determination, it recognized the power of the Cofán community of Sinangoe to adopt its own customary norms. These key jurisprudential elements emanating from the CCE demonstrate a comprehensive and guaranteeing approach towards the protection of indigenous and environmental rights, establishing a binding precedent for the application of the law in future analogous cases.