Las audiencias telemáticas y la afección al principio de inmediación en Ecuador

Abstract

In this research, a study on the breach of the principie of immediacy dueto the physical absence of witnesses and experts in telematics hearings was carried out. In this research project a qualitative approach was applied, with a descriptive scope in arder to understand the main legal concepts of the principie of immediacy in different legal entities more directly, the methods used were dogmatic, inductive-deductive and analytical, the techniques applied were the file and scientific data base. Regarding the results, it has been determined that the telematics hearings carried out since the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic damaged the principie of immediacy, since they limited the judge's labor in directing the judicial environment and making a value judgment on the witness evidence. Therefore, it affected the constitutional rights of the parties by issuing sentences that were not in accordance with the law.