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(…)In a recent case, CiViSOL, a foundation that works to amend the cultural and legal norms of state and society, intervened before
the Constitutional Court of Colombia on behalf of the waste‐pickers of the Navarro dump of Cali. In
April 2009, the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled in favour of the wastepickers, guaranteeing
their customary rights to access, sort and recycle waste and their legitimacy to compete in the waste
recycling business. The court recognized the importance of waste‐pickers, granted them full
protection, and recognized their environmental contribution” (UN‐HABITAT 2010, 162). (…)
Source: https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/files/2014/08/Sample-Policy-Paper-1.pdf
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