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Summary: This report summarises hearings on children's rights in Ecuador held by the Inter-American Commission, reports by the Commission's Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child, and cases brought to the Commission and Court.
Ecuador is a member of the Organization of American States (OAS). The Inter-American Commission is an autonomous body of the OAS which monitors Member States' compliance with their obligations under regional human rights conventions. Regional instruments ratified Search CRIN's ratifications table to find other regional instruments to which Ecuador is a party. _____________________________________________ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearings A regional hearing on the right to education of people with disabilities in November 2009. Read the report. Country visits by the Commission's Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child - Commission reports on Ecuador - Inter-American Commission: cases - _____________________________________________ Inter-American Court of Human Rights Ecuador has accepted the contentious jurisdiction of the Court (what does this mean?) No cases have been brought concerning children's rights to date.
Ecuador ratified the American Convention on Human Rights on 8 December 1977.