Latest items for Costa Rica
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes the national policy against human trafficking (2020–2030) of the National Coalition against the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, the national action plan against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (2022–2025) and the establishment of regional task forces to promote law enforcement coordination in trafficking cases" (6). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) The reduction since 2020 in the funding of the National Fund against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants" (6-7).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes the national policy against human trafficking (2020–2030) of the National Coalition against the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, the national action plan against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (2022–2025) and the establishment of regional task forces to promote law enforcement coordination in trafficking cases" (6). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) The reduction since 2020 in the funding of the National Fund against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants" (6-7).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"The Committee notes the decrease in the number of early pregnancies in the State party and welcomes the adoption of technical guidelines for the therapeutic termination of pregnancy (2019). However, it remains deeply concerned at: (a) The criminalization of abortion in cases of rape, incest or severe fetal impairment and women’s limited access to safe abortion and post-abortion services in the State party; (b) Threats to repeal the technical guidelines for the therapeutic termination of pregnancy and the lack of training of medical personnel on the guidelines" (9).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"The Committee notes the decrease in the number of early pregnancies in the State party and welcomes the adoption of technical guidelines for the therapeutic termination of pregnancy (2019). However, it remains deeply concerned at: (a) The criminalization of abortion in cases of rape, incest or severe fetal impairment and women’s limited access to safe abortion and post-abortion services in the State party; (b) Threats to repeal the technical guidelines for the therapeutic termination of pregnancy and the lack of training of medical personnel on the guidelines" (9).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t remains deeply concerned at... (b) Threats to repeal the technical guidelines for the therapeutic termination of pregnancy and the lack of training of medical personnel on the guidelines" (9).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t remains deeply concerned at... (b) Threats to repeal the technical guidelines for the therapeutic termination of pregnancy and the lack of training of medical personnel on the guidelines" (9).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern: (a) The so-called 'education blackout' or technological gap and limited Internet access for women and girls, exacerbated by the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic, which intensified existing gender inequalities in the State party, particularly in rural areas" (8). "[I]t notes with concern...(c) The lack of public transport in rural areas, which complicates rural women’s and girls’ access to education" (10). "The Committee notes with concern... (c) The onerous fees and administrative procedures faced by refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls to have their educational certificates evaluated and obtain the identification documents required to access education" (11).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern: (a) The so-called 'education blackout' or technological gap and limited Internet access for women and girls, exacerbated by the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic, which intensified existing gender inequalities in the State party, particularly in rural areas" (8). "[I]t notes with concern...(c) The lack of public transport in rural areas, which complicates rural women’s and girls’ access to education" (10). "The Committee notes with concern... (c) The onerous fees and administrative procedures faced by refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls to have their educational certificates evaluated and obtain the identification documents required to access education" (11).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (d) The existence of de facto unions between adults and children" (6).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (d) The existence of de facto unions between adults and children" (6).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern... (b) The lack of measures to meet women’s and girls’ needs to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics and digital skills, including for rural, migrant, refugee and Afrodescendent girls and women and women and girls with disabilities" (8).
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern... (b) The lack of measures to meet women’s and girls’ needs to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics and digital skills, including for rural, migrant, refugee and Afrodescendent girls and women and women and girls with disabilities" (8).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"[T]he Committee notes with concern... (c) Delays in the promulgation of the women and peace and security national action plan" (7).
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"[T]he Committee notes with concern... (c) Delays in the promulgation of the women and peace and security national action plan" (7).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"The Committee notes the adoption of the amendment to the Family Code on shared family responsibilities, the recognition of domestic and unpaid care work in divorce proceedings and the new paternity leave provisions" (13).
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"The Committee notes the adoption of the amendment to the Family Code on shared family responsibilities, the recognition of domestic and unpaid care work in divorce proceedings and the new paternity leave provisions" (13).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: LRW-LAW-1, CBMC-DATA-1
"It is concerned, however, about the high percentage of births to girls and adolescents in which the father is not declared or his age is not registered, suggesting a problem of sexual abuse or acts by adults with children, criminalized in Law No. 9406 on improper unions" (13).
Variables: LRW-LAW-1, CBMC-DATA-1
"It is concerned, however, about the high percentage of births to girls and adolescents in which the father is not declared or his age is not registered, suggesting a problem of sexual abuse or acts by adults with children, criminalized in Law No. 9406 on improper unions" (13).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: CL-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Committee notes with concern: (a) That public care services are underfunded and limited essentially to persons living in poverty, and that women therefore continue to carry a disproportionate burden of unpaid care work in the State party" (8).
Variables: CL-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Committee notes with concern: (a) That public care services are underfunded and limited essentially to persons living in poverty, and that women therefore continue to carry a disproportionate burden of unpaid care work in the State party" (8).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: CLCW-LAW-2
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following… Decree No. 41337-MGP, recognizing the right to sexual and gender identity for foreign persons in the immigration identity document for foreigners (DIMEX), in 2018" (1-2).
Variables: CLCW-LAW-2
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following… Decree No. 41337-MGP, recognizing the right to sexual and gender identity for foreign persons in the immigration identity document for foreigners (DIMEX), in 2018" (1-2).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following… (c) Law No. 10081 on women’s rights to skilled, dignified and respectful care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period, and in relation to newborn care, in 2022" (1-2). "[I]t remains deeply concerned at... (d) The non-incorporation of the childbirth traditions of Indigenous women into obstetric practice in the State party" (9).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following… (c) Law No. 10081 on women’s rights to skilled, dignified and respectful care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period, and in relation to newborn care, in 2022" (1-2). "[I]t remains deeply concerned at... (d) The non-incorporation of the childbirth traditions of Indigenous women into obstetric practice in the State party" (9).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"The Committee notes the 29 court decisions in which judges have referred to the Convention. It notes with concern, however, that the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations are not fully incorporated into domestic law and that women, in particular women living in poverty, women with disabilities, migrant women and rural women, are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (3). "[I]t notes with concern: (a) The so-called 'education blackout' or technological gap and limited Internet access for women and girls, exacerbated by the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic, which intensified existing gender inequalities in the State...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"The Committee notes the 29 court decisions in which judges have referred to the Convention. It notes with concern, however, that the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations are not fully incorporated into domestic law and that women, in particular women living in poverty, women with disabilities, migrant women and rural women, are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (3). "[I]t notes with concern: (a) The so-called 'education blackout' or technological gap and limited Internet access for women and girls, exacerbated by the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic, which intensified existing gender inequalities in the State...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of information on available remedies to complain about intersecting forms of discrimination" (3). "[I]t notes with concern... (b)The lack of measures to meet women’s and girls’ needs to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics and digital skills, including for rural, migrant, refugee and Afrodescendent girls and women and women and girls with disabilities" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern… (e) Reported workplace violence, harassment and hate speech against migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women" (8-9). "The...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of information on available remedies to complain about intersecting forms of discrimination" (3). "[I]t notes with concern... (b)The lack of measures to meet women’s and girls’ needs to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics and digital skills, including for rural, migrant, refugee and Afrodescendent girls and women and women and girls with disabilities" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern… (e) Reported workplace violence, harassment and hate speech against migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women" (8-9). "The...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: CWC-DATA-4
"The Committee notes the 29 court decisions in which judges have referred to the Convention. It notes with concern, however, that the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations are not fully incorporated into domestic law and that women, in particular women living in poverty, women with disabilities, migrant women and rural women, are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (3). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-4
"The Committee notes the 29 court decisions in which judges have referred to the Convention. It notes with concern, however, that the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations are not fully incorporated into domestic law and that women, in particular women living in poverty, women with disabilities, migrant women and rural women, are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (3). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (c) The lack of public transport in rural areas, which complicates rural women’s and girls’ access to education, employment opportunities and quality and specialized health services" (10). "Indigenous women and girls have limited access to... culturally appropriate health services in the State party" (11). "The Committee notes with concern... (c) The onerous fees and administrative procedures faced by refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls to have their educational certificates evaluated and obtain the identification documents required to access education, employment, health care, housing and social benefits; (d) The limited access to health services for asylum-seeking women who do not contribute to the Costa Rican Social Insurance...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (c) The lack of public transport in rural areas, which complicates rural women’s and girls’ access to education, employment opportunities and quality and specialized health services" (10). "Indigenous women and girls have limited access to... culturally appropriate health services in the State party" (11). "The Committee notes with concern... (c) The onerous fees and administrative procedures faced by refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls to have their educational certificates evaluated and obtain the identification documents required to access education, employment, health care, housing and social benefits; (d) The limited access to health services for asylum-seeking women who do not contribute to the Costa Rican Social Insurance...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"[I]t remains deeply concerned at… (c) The low contraceptive use by adolescents and limited access for women to modern contraceptives and sexual and reproductive health services, in particular in rural and coastal areas" (9).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"[I]t remains deeply concerned at… (c) The low contraceptive use by adolescents and limited access for women to modern contraceptives and sexual and reproductive health services, in particular in rural and coastal areas" (9).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-3
"The Committee notes the 29 court decisions in which judges have referred to the Convention. It notes with concern, however, that the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations are not fully incorporated into domestic law and that women, in particular women living in poverty, women with disabilities, migrant women and rural women, are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (3). ""[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-3
"The Committee notes the 29 court decisions in which judges have referred to the Convention. It notes with concern, however, that the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations are not fully incorporated into domestic law and that women, in particular women living in poverty, women with disabilities, migrant women and rural women, are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (3). ""[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee acknowledges the measures adopted by the State party to eliminate gender stereotypes, such as awareness-raising and educational campaigns in the framework of the national policy for effective equality of women and men in Costa Rica for 2018–2030, to sensitize public officials on gender equality. However, the Committee is concerned about the persistence of discriminatory gender stereotypes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and in society in the State party" (5).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee acknowledges the measures adopted by the State party to eliminate gender stereotypes, such as awareness-raising and educational campaigns in the framework of the national policy for effective equality of women and men in Costa Rica for 2018–2030, to sensitize public officials on gender equality. However, the Committee is concerned about the persistence of discriminatory gender stereotypes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and in society in the State party" (5).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern the need for regionalization of institutional care centres for women deprived of their liberty across the State party, which causes serious uprooting repercussions for women prisoners and their families, and the poor conditions for women in detention, with overcrowded facilities and limited access to sexual and reproductive health services, sanitary products and protection from sexual harassment" (12).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern the need for regionalization of institutional care centres for women deprived of their liberty across the State party, which causes serious uprooting repercussions for women prisoners and their families, and the poor conditions for women in detention, with overcrowded facilities and limited access to sexual and reproductive health services, sanitary products and protection from sexual harassment" (12).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee notes with concern: (a) That hate speech and threats by extremist groups against the National Institute for Women risk weakening the national machinery for the advancement of women" (4).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee notes with concern: (a) That hate speech and threats by extremist groups against the National Institute for Women risk weakening the national machinery for the advancement of women" (4).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Committee notes the decrease in the number of early pregnancies in the State party" (9).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"The Committee notes the decrease in the number of early pregnancies in the State party" (9).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[I]t notes with concern: (a) The prevalence of gender-based violence against women in the State party, including femicides, disappearances and psychological and sexual violence" (6).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[I]t notes with concern: (a) The prevalence of gender-based violence against women in the State party, including femicides, disappearances and psychological and sexual violence" (6).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following: (a) Law No. 10263 on Comprehensive Reparation for Femicide Survivors, establishing a regime for the comprehensive reparation of family survivors of femicide, in 2022" (1).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following: (a) Law No. 10263 on Comprehensive Reparation for Femicide Survivors, establishing a regime for the comprehensive reparation of family survivors of femicide, in 2022" (1).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (c) The lack of collaboration of the national machinery for the advancement of women with women’s civil society organizations" (4).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (c) The lack of collaboration of the national machinery for the advancement of women with women’s civil society organizations" (4).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"[T]he Committee notes with concern: (a) That the State party is a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking in persons, in particular women and girls, for purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labour, as well as the heightened risk of sex trafficking for Indigenous, Afrodescendent and migrant women and girls in the Pacific coastal zones" (6). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (d) The prevalence of child sex tourism in the State party" (6-7).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"[T]he Committee notes with concern: (a) That the State party is a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking in persons, in particular women and girls, for purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labour, as well as the heightened risk of sex trafficking for Indigenous, Afrodescendent and migrant women and girls in the Pacific coastal zones" (6). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (d) The prevalence of child sex tourism in the State party" (6-7).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ERBG-DATA-5
"[T]he Committee notes with concern… (b) The high unemployment and self-employment rates among women and their overrepresentation in the informal economy, where they have limited access to social protection schemes" (8).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-5
"[T]he Committee notes with concern… (b) The high unemployment and self-employment rates among women and their overrepresentation in the informal economy, where they have limited access to social protection schemes" (8).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The Committee notes the national policy against human trafficking (2020–2030) of the National Coalition against the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, the national action plan against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (2022–2025) and the establishment of regional task forces to promote law enforcement coordination in trafficking cases" (6).
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The Committee notes the national policy against human trafficking (2020–2030) of the National Coalition against the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, the national action plan against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (2022–2025) and the establishment of regional task forces to promote law enforcement coordination in trafficking cases" (6).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ERBG-LAW-2
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following… (d) Reforms to Law No. 7476 against Sexual Harassment or Harassment in Employment and Teaching, in 2021" (1-2). "The Committee notes that the revised Labour Code (2022) now provides for eight days of paid paternity leave for the private sector, as well as the adoption of Law No. 9677 (2019) for the Protection of Equal Pay for Women and Men and the recent introduction of the national care policy for 2021–2031, which seeks to progressively implement a system of care...more
Variables: ERBG-LAW-2
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following… (d) Reforms to Law No. 7476 against Sexual Harassment or Harassment in Employment and Teaching, in 2021" (1-2). "The Committee notes that the revised Labour Code (2022) now provides for eight days of paid paternity leave for the private sector, as well as the adoption of Law No. 9677 (2019) for the Protection of Equal Pay for Women and Men and the recent introduction of the national care policy for 2021–2031, which seeks to progressively implement a system of care...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: SRACE-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee acknowledges the country’s high literacy rate of 98 per cent and the establishment of community centres to increase access to technology and digital literacy by communities and takes note of initiatives such as Puente al Desarrollo, Avancemos and Crecemos to reduce the digital gender divide and address the feminization of poverty" (8).
Variables: SRACE-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee acknowledges the country’s high literacy rate of 98 per cent and the establishment of community centres to increase access to technology and digital literacy by communities and takes note of initiatives such as Puente al Desarrollo, Avancemos and Crecemos to reduce the digital gender divide and address the feminization of poverty" (8).