Los derechos de participación en democracia, la consulta popular y el derecho al agua. Análisis del caso “Quimsacocha” N. 0001-12-CP (dictamen de constitucionalidad)

Abstract

In this research work, case No. 0001-12-CP was analyzed, carrying out a detailed study of the entire process of the Popular Consultation of a plebiscite type, developed in the city of Girón on March 24, 2019 raised by the “Unión de Sistemas Comunitarios de Agua, del cantón Girón, de la provincia del Azuay, filial de la FOA-ECUARUNARI-CONAIE”. The case study was carried out from a constitutional perspective that analyzes the protection of the rights of nature through the exercise of the rights of participation in democracy. In addition, the action of the Constitutional Court in this type of process and the precedent that this emblematic case constituted against metal mining in the province of Azuay and the country was studied.