Ecuador has long championed the struggle against colonialism and criticized exploitative neo-liberal policies in Latin America. However, the government's continued support of resource extraction on Indigenous lands has led them to repress legitimate protest movements and to violate key legal documents including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the country's own constitution.
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PasqualucciJ. M. (2009). International indigenous land rights: A critique of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Wisconsin International Law Journal, 27, 5198. Retrieved from http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/wilj/files/2012/02/pasqualucci.pdf
