Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America

From WIEGO: Waste pickers have won several legal actions in Latin America over the past two decades. This edition of Law & Informality Insights – Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America – reflects on how this was achieved, using three examples that illustrate the types of claims and decisions that helped protect waste picker livelihoods in the region.

Read Law and Informality Insights No. 7 (PDF)

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Date:
23 March, 2023
Type of Update:
Other
Themes:
Human Rights
Petty Offences
Use of Public Spaces
Countries:
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Regions:
Latin America & the Caribbean
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