Vulneración de derechos en la crisis energética en el Ecuador 2024, análisis en el marco del principio de progresividad.

Abstract

The objective of this academic degree article is to identify what were the violations of the "Constitutional Principle of Progressivity and Non-Regressivity" in the protection of rights, during the 2024 energy crisis in our country. As of October 2023, slight rationing was presented which was progressive; and which was subsequently seriously aggravated in 2024, mainly due to the unprecedented drought suffered by Ecuador, where the lack of rain in the country's main reservoirs caused extended blackouts of up to 14 hours a day. All these events generated an impact at the national level, seeing the rights of Ecuadorians violated in various areas such as work, health, education, access to basic services, thus establishing a legal relevance whose intervention is framed under progressiveness. In this sense, and from the legal point of view, comprehensive responses must be provided that not only limit responses in the administrative and technical spheres but also in constitutional reforms that provide efficient mechanisms to exercise better control of the electricity system. Finally, the principle of progressivity is one of the key pieces of human rights that have been adopted as part of the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador so that concrete and deliberate measures are adopted so that rights are respected and with a participatory obligation so that they are strengthened and expanded during their exercise, emphasizing the human rights standardized at the international level. where vulnerable sectors are protected and complying with the state's obligation of progressivity.