Análisis de la aplicación del principio de oportunidad dentro de la legislación procesal penal ecuatoriana.

Abstract

This paper explains the application of the opportunity principle in Ecuadorian legislation. Likewise, it makes a comparison of the application of the opportunity principle between Ecuadorian legislation and Colombian legislation. This paper aims to explain and compare, with similar legislation such as Colombian, the application of a very important principle in Criminal Law, that is, the opportunity principle. The following analysis is divided into three chapters: the first, explains the generalities of the principle of opportunity, its historical evolution, concepts, etc. The second chapter, deals with the application of the principle of opportunity in Ecuadorian legislation; its procedure; etc. Finally, we have the third and final chapter where we will compare the application of the principle of opportunity with Colombian legislation. The methodology that was used for this analysis was the bibliographic and theoretical, which is a broad search for information on a given issue, which should be systematically affected.