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.
Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America
Date:
23 March, 2023
23 March, 2023
Type of Update:
Other
Other
Themes:
Human Rights
Petty Offences
Use of Public Spaces
Human Rights
Petty Offences
Use of Public Spaces
Countries:
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Regions:
Latin America & the Caribbean
Latin America & the Caribbean
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