nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/6f456b7d6d546313 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260416s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/6f456b7d6d546313 doi eng 342 23 Gutmann, Andreas Author aut Last Court Standing - On the Recent Authoritarian Attacks Against the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court Gutmann, Andreas Verfassungsblog 2026-04-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarianism Democratic Backsliding Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador. Corte Constitucional | Quito Ecuadorian Constitutional Court elections (DE-588)4129321-6 gnd Ecuador (DE-588)104686842x gnd Ecuador. Corte Constitucional | Quito Núñez Santamaría, Diego Author aut Valle Franco, Alex Iván Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/ecuador-constitutional-court/ raw object