The regulation of the state of emergency as a preventive measure.

Abstract

The objective of the work is to know about the regulation that exists on the state of exception in Ecuador. The state of exception constitutes an interesting topic, thus becoming a subject of unavoidable review, due to the importance generated by the fact that, in certain cases, it may bring about the suspension or limitation of constitutional rights and freedoms. Based on what was exposed during this investigation, it was possible to conclude that the state of exception is an institution of a legal, constitutional and political nature, governed by International Humanitarian Law, hence the main objective of the state of exception is to protect the rule of law and the constitutional rights of the people while the extreme circumstance lasts that threatens to collapse the legal institutions.