Ecuador, a country with laws but no punishment

Abstract

In Ecuador, there are severe laws that punish the crime of rape, where one of its clauses is aimed at recognizing as rape having sexual relations with minors under 14 years of age, and as aggravating factors, the consequences that this crime causes, giving a special provision to incestuous rape. This article presents real figures taken from the Pan American Health Organization, the World Health Organization, the National Institute of Censuses, which recently conducted one, among other organizations related to the topic, whose results are scandalous and at the same time evidence the sexual violence and danger to which Ecuadorian children are exposed daily. With the results, several conclusions will be drawn that highlight the precarious life that a minor has in this state, which has thousands of written guarantees but does not comply with any in practice.