El neoconstitucionalismo andino. Estudio comparado de las Constituciones de Ecuador 2008 y Bolivia 2009 a la luz del Convenio 169 y la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas / Andean neoconstitutionalism. A comparative study of Ecuador’s and Bolivia’s Constitutions of 2008 and 2009, respectively, in light of Convention 169 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Abstract

Ecuador’s Constitution of 2008 recognizes the rights of nature and the rights of indigenous people who benefit from its natural resources, to further sumak kawsay or buen vivir (well-being or “good life”) within the framework of people’s right to self-determination. On the other hand, the Bolivian Constitution of 2009 considers “native indigenous campesinos” as a collective of the plurinational nation and suma qamaña as the transversal axis of its new Constitution. This research seeks to compare the constitutional texts of both countries by means of ten variables and with reference to Convention 169 concerning indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.