Judgement No 0002-09-SEE-CC País/Territorio Ecuador Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha May 5, 2009 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal Corte Constitucional Sede de la corte Quito Número de referencia 0002-09-EE Idioma Español Materia Agricultura y desarrollo rural Resumen The Ecuadorian Constitutional Court is asked to review the constitutionality of a presidential decree establishing the states of exception in the country in order to take all measures necessary to prevent the possible incoming swine flu outbreak and its spreading within both human and animal populations. The court considered that the decree is in line with the constitution as it states that the decree’s provision answer the constitutional criteria which are: the causal link between the threat, here the swine flu, and the measure taken, the severity of the threat which implies that no ordinary measures are sufficient, the necessity of the measures taken, and finally their proportionality with the threat. Texto completo 0002-09-SEE-CC.pdf