The Republic of Ecuador, commonly known as Ecuador, is located in northwestern South America bordered by Colombia and Peru, with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean. Its capital, Quito, is the seat of government. Ecuador is a unitary state with a presidential system of government. 

Ecuador is party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Ecuador has incorporated the broader refugee definition of the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees into its domestic law.