Por qué el derecho ambiental es también un problema de derechos humanos, el caso de Ecuador

Abstract

The care of the environment is linked to the essence of life that is why the State, in addition to exercising its guardianship, must consider it a fundamental human right because if you want to take care of the rights of human beings, the right to live in a Decent and healthy environment. This paper examines the nature of the relationship between Human Rights and Environmental Law, contextualizing it to Ecuador. For its realization, methods of the empirical level such as documentary analysis and theoretical level such as deductive inductive and synthetic analytical were applied. As main results it is expressed that Environmental Law is primarily a tool for the protection of human beings, which has become a necessity to guarantee their quality of life. In the case of Ecuador, this relationship needs to be strengthened, since the true jurisdictional protection of substantive rights only occurs when environmental conditions that serve as a framework are protected; for this, greater participation of the State must be sought at its different levels, encouraging that environmental legislation goes from being a dead letter to a real instrument of defense of the right of its citizens to enjoy a comfortable and safe environment.