(a) The need to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and international treaties ratified by Ecuador, particularly those of their provisions which refer to the right to equality before the law, the right to defence in court and the principles governing the exercise of the legal profession.
(a) The need to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and international treaties ratified by Ecuador, particularly those of their provisions which refer to the right to equality before the law, the right to defence in court and the principles governing the exercise of the legal profession.