N/A
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Public policies will be promoted to ensure equity and better all-round participation by members of particularly vulnerable groups, including older persons, disabled persons, minors, women and members of ethnic minorities such as Afro-descendants and indigenous people. This includes better political representation, access to posts in institutions and the prohibition of any form of discrimination in the workplace or elsewhere
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Costa Rica will continue to adopt new international human rights and humanitarian law instruments, such as the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Convention on Cluster Munitions. It will also follow up on the appropriate implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Enforced disappearances
- ESC rights - general
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
With regard to conventions and protocols, the Government was committed to make every possible effort to complete the following steps in the next three months: (a) To ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, (b) To accede to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, (c) To ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, (d) To ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, (e) To accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, (f) To ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol thereto.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to provide improved assistance to victims of trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to promote and protect the rights of women, as part of its action plan for gender equality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue its programme of prison modernization, ensuring thorough staff training and investigations of alleged staff misconduct
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights education and training
- Human rights violations by state agents
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue its process of consultation with civil society in its follow-up to this review
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue ongoing efforts to guarantee universal access to healthcare to the population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue promoting social policies aimed at meeting the needs of its people, especially its indigenous populations, for which it is important to have appropriate technical assistance and international aid in order to continue strengthening capacity in this area
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue providing access to quality education without discrimination for the population of school age throughout the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening efforts to combat discriminatory attitudes towards children with disabilities and promote their participation in all aspects of social and cultural life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening the efforts undertaken to help young people and adolescents
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening the good educational policy with a view to ensuring the full school enrolment of those who due to lack of resources are excluded from the education system, as the only way of moving forward to its full development and achieving true social well-being
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening the migration policy in accordance with international standards for the promotion and protection of human rights taking into account that this phenomenon presents major challenges for the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening the positive efforts already under way to promote gender equality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue successfully implementing affirmative measures in order to guarantee gender equality and all its ensuing consequences
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue taking efficient measures to eliminate prohibited child labour and prostitution, and to combat the phenomenon of children living in the street, and monitor appropriately the efficiency of measures taken
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue the process of signing and ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue the process of signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue the implementation of measures aimed at the promotion of the rights of children and senior citizens
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue the national plans and strategies to reduce poverty and food insecurity in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to food
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue to promote quality education for all by allocating adequate resources, without any discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Continue to improve the judicial system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Create an independent human rights institution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Create an independent national human rights institution in conformity with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Create programmes to combat traditional attitudes that treat sexual and psychological abuse as misdemeanours and continue to provide necessary services and support to victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Create public campaigns to combat social discrimination against those who suffer with HIV
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Design and implement its action plan for strengthening legal and institutional frameworks to combat racism and racial discrimination, ensuring that all legal provisions are fully applied, that racism and racial discrimination are actively monitored and that training is carried out for all relevant authorities to provide equal access to legal redress for all victims of crime
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Ensure effective implementation of the provisions punishing acts of torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States)
- Recommendation
Ensure satisfactory prosecution of cases of gender-based violence, in particular by increasing the number of competent personnel working in the judiciary system and the Public Prosecutor's office to combat violence against women and girls and by implementing a national plan for the prevention of gender-based violence and by ensuring that all relevant government departments collect and publish disaggregated data and statistics on violence against women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights