Socioterritorials forms of appropiation of living and right to the differencial space

The aim of this work is to recover Henri Lefèbvre's methodological contributions for (re)thinking the right to the city, based on the need to know the appropriation of space´s dialectical triad. Empirically, it refers to the urban genesis of Mar del Plata (Argentina), an intermediate Latin American city, and its heterogeneous socio-territorial forms of appropriating inhabitance, or different forms of appropriating goods of use, that lead to think about opening to the transformation of the capitalist social order, and of its urban order, naturalized after the fetischism of private property.

Advances and limitations in the attention to the problems of housing and urban land in Mexico. An approach from the legal-institutional frame

In this work we analyze the reforms carried out by the Mexican state in the nineties of the 20th century, in the items concerning the policies of housing and urban land, based on an exhaustive review of the main actions, programs and changes in the legal and institutional frame that applies for each of these fields. The nineties represent a "breaking point" in the way the State considers the satisfaction of the right to the housing and attends the offer of urbanized land for a tidy and sustainable urban development. In this period of time, the approach of direct intervention in developing and financing housing and creation of land reserves has changed into another one, ruled by the logic of the market. The balance to the first decade of the 21st century is ambiguous, as neither the housing policy has solved the housing shortage for low-income population, nor the land policy has eliminated the illegal urban growth.

Sobre la noción de biopoder en el pensamiento de la Corte Constitucional colombiana: análisis de jurisprudencia sobre el derecho a la vida

Detrás de la expedición de derechos, más allá de ese ruido incesante creado por un aparato legal que defiende a la vida y la convierte en un derecho pueden ser halladas relaciones de poder precisas y espacios de regulación y control de los cuerpos y de las poblaciones. Este trabajo pretende observar en la labor de interpretación que lleva a cabo la Corte Constitucional colombiana sobre el derecho a la vida, el establecimiento de una lógica política, que es el biopoder, de acuerdo con los elementos que lo constituyen, tal y como fueron analizados por Michel Foucault. El estudio del biopoder permitirá dar cuenta de tecnologías políticas, técnicas y dispositivos que no solo están presentes en la dimensión biológica de la vida de los colombianos, sino en espacios sociales y éticos que adquieren importancia cuando la vida es cualificada por parte del saber legal. El discurso jurídico aquí juega un papel central pues vincula una vida que era considerada simplemente biológica con nuevos significados y valores como el de la dignidad, y crea, a su vez, formas de sujeción. Temas como el aborto, la eutanasia, la sexualidad, la autonomía de cada quien para decidir sobre su cuerpo, entre otros, dan cuenta de nuevos ámbitos donde se ejerce el biopoder, y que eran poco explorados antes de la Constitución de 1991. Se verá cómo, a partir del análisis de la línea jurisprudencial sobre el derecho a la vida, la Corte Constitucional genera este tipo de espacios y lleva a cabo una intervención sobre una vida que es constantemente cualificada y que es modificada a medida que evoluciona el pensamiento de este tribunal.

Análisis del proceso de reasentamiento de familias en áreas de alto riesgo no mitigable. Estudio de caso: Sector Nueva Esperanza Localidad Rafael Uribe Uribe (2000-2015)

El presente trabajo de grado analiza el proceso de reasentamiento de familias en zonas de alto riesgo no mitigable por medio del estudio del Plan de rehabilitación, reconstrucción y desarrollo sostenible elaborado para el Sector Nueva Esperanza, en la Localidad Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá. Se pretende así, una aproximación a los procesos de reasentamiento como estrategia de gestión del riesgo en pro de garantizar el derecho a la vida de las familias asentadas en zonas no aptas para vivir y mejorar sustancialmente su calidad de vida. Se identifican y analizan los factores y actores que influyeron en los resultados del Plan, avanzando hacia los resultados de la investigación que permiten señalar los principales retos y lecciones aprendidas con relación a la formulación y ejecución de planes de reasentamiento.

Delimitation of the Right to Life by Healthcare Professionals: Up to what point should the right to life be protected?

This article explores the medical care standard required by law for terminally illpatients and the possibility of limiting therapeutic efforts while respecting the duediligence expected from doctors. To this end, circumstances are identified in whichthe doctor is forced to choose between two possible actions: to guarantee the right tolife by continuing treatment, or to limit the right to healthcare by limiting therapeuticefforts. Two cases taken from English Common Law were reviewed that decided onthe factual problem at hand. In our country, the Constitutional Court established aline of jurisprudence on the role of the doctor in deciding whether or not to continuetreatment for a terminally ill person. Lastly, jurisprudence precedents are presentedalong with a comparative analysis of the solutions given in Great Britain andin Colombia.

The Right to Water in the Case-Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

The human right to water is nowadays more broadly recognised, mainly due to the essential societal function that this resource plays; likewise, because of the present water scarcity is generating conflicts between its different uses. Thus, this right aims at protecting human beings by guaranteeing access to clean water that is essential to satisfy vital human needs. Similarly, access to clean water is an important element to guarantee other rights including the right to life and health. The recognition of the right to water is mainly achieved in two ways: as a new and independent right and as a subordinate or derivative right. Concerning the latter, the right to water can emanate from civil and political rights, such as the right to life; or can be derived from economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to health, the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to housing. This contribution explores the position of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding the right to water, and analyses whether the Court has recognised the right to water and, if so, in which manner.

Sustainable Development and the Right to Water in Colombia

Water, considered as an environmental resource and as an economic and social good, should be part of the Colombian public agenda, not only not only in terms of the use and preservation of hydro resources, but also in terms of the social implications of its possession and use. The world wide preoccupation with the diminution of natural resources, species extinction and water shortage has its origins in the seventies. One of the results was the establishment of international conventions and agreements to achieve responsible management of natural resources. Regarding water as a resource, it is intrinsically bound to the Earth’s natural processes and ecosystems. As regards the Colombian case, the “right to water in Colombia” is analyzed taking into account: water as an integral part of sustainable development, the right to water as a global debate and, finally, the right to water in the Colombian context within the explanatory framework of the Water Referendum.