Los derechos de las personas con especial protección constitucional en materia de servicios públicos domiciliarios

Abstract

The warranty on the provision of public services by the state through different undertakings to provide these, is to be understood as a constitutional obligation that has to all inhabitants of the territory, especially with those subjects that require special constitutional protection, because due to their physical, psychological or social condition deserve special state affirmative action for the purpose of achieving real equality. The Constitutional Court has held that among the groups of special constitutional protection are: children, adolescents, the elderly, physical, psychic and sensory handicapped, female heads of household, displaced by violence and those in extreme poverty (Sentencia T-167, 2011).