Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Does It Again: Declaring A Treaty To Be Constitutional Only Because It Does Not Contain Investor-State Arbitration Provisions
The Constitutional Court of Ecuador (“Court”) has recently analyzed the constitutionality of two International Agreements. On 28 July 2023, the Court declared unconstitutional the provision contained in chapter 15.20 of the Trade Association Agreement between Ecuador and Costa Rica (Decision No. 2-23-TI/23), among other reasons, because it incorporated an state-private party (investor) dispute resolution clause…