HOMOPARENTAL ADOPTION IN ECUADOR: PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY AND BEST INTERESTS OF CHILDREN.
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The principle of equality, in addition to being part of the ius cogens in international law, is in Ecuador a primary duty of the State that must be applied in the exercise of all constitutionally and conventionally recognized rights, however, the Constitution itself prohibits homoparental adoption. By virtue of that, the objective of this article was to determine if there is observance of the principle of equality in the constitutional prohibition regarding the adoption of minors by people of the same sex. Thus, survey and interview techniques were used, collecting important results. Therefore, it was concluded that the correct comprehensive development of children and adolescents, through the teaching of values and the exercise of their constitutional rights, largely depends on the family protection they may have, but not on whether their family is made up of a heterosexual or homosexual couple, since to consider that as the fundamental premise to support the prohibition of homoparental adoption, the capacity of homosexual people to care for and accompany in the upbringing would be ignored solely because of their sexual orientation, before which there is a limit called the principle of equality and non-discrimination.
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