El alcance del derecho al trabajo en relación con la dignidad humana, según la jurisprudencia de la Corte Constitucional

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Abstract: The purpose of this research was to assess the existence of jurisprudence established by the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court regarding the right to work and human dignity, as well as its evolution in terms of guaranteeing the protection of human rights in the workplace. Various rulings were analyzed, the most impactful being in the field of labor law, which is intrinsically linked to the protection of human rights and human dignity. the one related to the case called "Furukawa", resolved by the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court through judgment No. 1072-21-JP/24, where it was ratified that the hiring of people in precarious working conditions, without sufficient guarantees, violates human dignity and constitutes crimes that oblige the State to adopt measures to eradicate work in conditions that dehumanize workers, proving that there is an evolution of the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court in relation to the interpretation and application of constitutional principles within Ecuadorian regulations in a sense of prioritizing the rights of people and their human dignity.