http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200425-044526-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/how-ecuadors-constitutional-court-is-keeping-the-executive-accountable-during-the-pandemic/ How Ecuador’s Constitutional Court is Keeping the Executive Accountable During the Pandemic Prieto, Gustavo eng 2020-04-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 accountability Coronavirus executive powers Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 On 16 April 2020, the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court announced Decision No.1-20-EE/20, allowing it to monitor the impact of its previous judgments on the constitutionality of emergency powers granted to the President in the fight against Covid-19. This decision shows that a Constitutional Court can indeed play an essential role in a country’s response to a catastrophe, whose consequences are painfully obvious in Ecuador, one of the countries in Latin America worst hit by the pandemic.