http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/6f456b7d6d546313 https://verfassungsblog.de/ecuador-constitutional-court/ Last Court Standing - On the Recent Authoritarian Attacks Against the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court Gutmann, Andreas Núñez Santamaría, Diego Valle Franco, Alex Iván eng 2026-04-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarianism Democratic Backsliding Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador. Corte Constitucional | Quito Ecuadorian Constitutional Court elections Ecuador Ecuador. Corte Constitucional | Quito Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Democracy and the rule of law are in decay globally. In Ecuador, President Noboa continues his attempts to transform the state towards authoritarianism. So far, the Constitutional Court has successfully resisted these attempts and preserved its independence and integrity. Whether it can maintain this position will likely become clear in the coming days. Two rulings are pending that are crucial for the survival of Ecuadorian democracy. For this reason, the court is once again facing drastic intimidation.