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

Abstract

Abstract: The present research is a study about the Ecuador Constitutional Court decision no. 7-18-JH and accumulated/22 about the detention that is issued against people who suffer from mental illnesses. In the Court decision that is the subject of study, four cases are detailed, in each of the cases people suffering from mental illness have committed crimes such as: sexual abuse typified in article 170, second paragraph of the COIP; attempted kidnapping classified in article 161 of the COIP; attempted murder typified in article 140 paragraphs 2 and 5 of the COIP. Due to the commission of the detailed crimes, the people who committed the action were arrested and judicial processes were carried out in which it was not considered that these people suffered from a mental illness with the purpose of declaring them not responsible, on the contrary, they were ordered preventive detention and while they were complying with this court order, within the deprivation of liberty centers, they were victims of abuse and attacks.