Minimum Vital of Drinking Water in the Jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court

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dialnet-ar-18-ART00009729802022-12-14Minimum Vital of Drinking Water in the Jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional CourtRestrepo Gutiérrez, ElizabethZárate Yepes, Carlos AlbertoMinimum vital of waterjurisprudential lineenvironmentright to waterThe minimum vital of drinking water for vulnerable people isprotected by the Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence,locally and nationally. The Constitutional Court has created asolid jurisprudential line on the right to water in relation to thesuspension of water supply service for the customer’s failure topay for the service; this Court has also defined the conditionsnecessary for the companies to refrain from suspending serviceand the minimum amount necessary for survival. Compliance withthese sentences has been limited to the orders pronounced to thebenefit of the company that provides such service, including theexecution of payment agreements for accessing the water supply.The implementation of the free minimum vital of drinking water inColombia has been defined through targeting and requirements thatare set only to benefit market laws, such as payment agreements,except for Bogota that, from the point of view of human rights,has proposed the respect for the minimum vital of drinking waterfor all social strata.2016text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5505802(Revista) ISSN 1692-2530Opinión Jurídica: Publicación de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Medellín, ISSN 1692-2530, Vol. 15, Nº. 29, 2016, pags. 123-140engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI

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Minimum vital of water
jurisprudential line
environment
right to water

Minimum vital of water
jurisprudential line
environment
right to water
Restrepo Gutiérrez, Elizabeth
Zárate Yepes, Carlos Alberto
Minimum Vital of Drinking Water in the Jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court

The minimum vital of drinking water for vulnerable people isprotected by the Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence,locally and nationally. The Constitutional Court has created asolid jurisprudential line on the right to water in relation to thesuspension of water supply service for the customer’s failure topay for the service; this Court has also defined the conditionsnecessary for the companies to refrain from suspending serviceand the minimum amount necessary for survival. Compliance withthese sentences has been limited to the orders pronounced to thebenefit of the company that provides such service, including theexecution of payment agreements for accessing the water supply.The implementation of the free minimum vital of drinking water inColombia has been defined through targeting and requirements thatare set only to benefit market laws, such as payment agreements,except for Bogota that, from the point of view of human rights,has proposed the respect for the minimum vital of drinking waterfor all social strata.

Article

Restrepo Gutiérrez, Elizabeth
Zárate Yepes, Carlos Alberto

Restrepo Gutiérrez, Elizabeth
Zárate Yepes, Carlos Alberto

Restrepo Gutiérrez, Elizabeth

Minimum Vital of Drinking Water in the Jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court

Minimum Vital of Drinking Water in the Jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court

Minimum Vital of Drinking Water in the Jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court

Minimum Vital of Drinking Water in the Jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court

Minimum Vital of Drinking Water in the Jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court

minimum vital of drinking water in the jurisprudence of the colombian constitutional court

2016

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