Jurisprudential analysis about the fundamental right to the minimum living standard or the right to subsistence/Sobre el derecho fundamental al mínimo vital o a la subsistencia: análisis jurisprudencial

Abstract

This research article aims to analyze the range of protection given by the Constitutional Court to the minimum living standard. Moreover, the concept of minimum living standard is defined, and a jurisprudential line is constructed, by means of which, it is sought to determine the pattern of decisional development related to protection as a fundamental right of the minimum living standard. From
the jurisprudential analysis, three moments are identified: the first one is the protection to the innominate minimum living standard or right to subsistence, by connection with fundamental rights like the right to life and the human dignity; A second moment, while maintaining the initial posture, in the sense that the minimum living standard is not per se a fundamental right, begins to moderate the discourse of non-fundamentality and is endowed with the minimum living standard, of greater transcendence in the Constitutional order Finally, in a third moment, minimum living standard is considered as an autonomous fundamental right. It is concluded that although there is a constitutional interpretation that recognizes the minimum living standard as a fundamental right, in practice its application is reduced and there is no glimpse of a state bet that promotes the creation of benefits aimed at people with no income
and needs Which would undoubtedly make it possible to combat inequality, the increase of poverty and the lack of protection in unemployment, which are becoming increasingly serious in Colombia.

Key Words: minimum living standard, subsistence, dignity living, jurisprudential line, Constitutional Court.