Ecuador: Constitutional reform to militarize public security

During the next few weeks, the National Assembly of Ecuador’s Occasional Commission for the Treatment of Constitutional Amendments and Reform Projects will discuss a partial reform to the Constitution, sent by President Guillermo Lasso, which would endorse the permanent use of the Armed Forces in public security tasks in the country. Today, Amnesty International sent a communication to the members of the Commission, expressing its concern about the draft reform, which in its view contravenes Ecuador’s international human rights obligations.

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