Ecuador
Overview
ICNL’s resources and information on Ecuador.
Civic Freedom Monitor: Ecuador
ICNL’s Civic Freedom Monitor provides up-to-date information on legal issues affecting civil society and civic freedoms, including the freedoms of association, expression, and peaceful assembly.
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Five Things to Know
Ecuador’s 2025 Organic Law on Social Transparency
On August 28, 2025, Ecuador enacted the Organic Law on Social Transparency (STL), a sweeping measure that changes how nonprofits and NGOs register, report, and operate. While the law is presented as aligning with international standards, its vague rules, heavy sanctions, and intrusive oversight risk restricting civil society.
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September 19, 2025
Five Things to Know: Ecuador’s 2025 Organic Law on Social Transparency
September 11, 2025
Ecuador
November 1, 2022
OAS Regional Report on CSO Regulation
Ecuador Digital Legal Library Documents
2016
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Instruction for the Regulation of Information of Social Organizations
2014
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Executive Decree 739
2012
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Executive Decree 16
2013
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Decree 16 which Establishes the Unified Information System of Social and Citizens Organizations (Suios)
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