Bathrooms to the City: City to the People: Ocaña Case, Norte de Santander Baños a la Ciudad: Ciudad a las Personas: Caso Ocaña, Norte de Santander

Abstract

The research studies the jurisprudential guidelines adopted by the Constitutional Court in Sentence C-062 of 2021, which establishes that the entities and/or territorial authorities within their jurisdiction have the responsibility of providing comprehensive social assistance to the inhabitants. of the street, which are subjects of special constitutional protection by the Colombian State. In the same sense, the perspective of people from the population in question on the services offered by the municipal administration of Ocaña, Norte de Santander, is analyzed from the case study to identify compliance at the territorial level with respect to the obligations. constitutional obligations that concern said population within the execution of the essential purposes of the State. Consequently, the failure to comply with public policies regarding what was ordered by the Constitutional Court in the aforementioned ruling is mentioned; which is contrasted with the population's perspective on access to health infrastructure. Finally, the methodology used has a qualitative approach, from a study of analysis of lived experiences to reconstruct the perspective of street residents, through semi-structured interviews, supported by bibliographic review and formal sources.