This page provides country specific information on :

The ratification of international Human Rights treaties
The reporting cycles
All the documents related to a reporting cycle

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Reporting status for Costa Rica

Ratification Date, Accession(a), Succession(d) Date

Command item
Command item
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CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

04 Feb 1985

11 Nov 1993

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

04 Feb 2003

01 Dec 2005

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

19 Dec 1966

29 Nov 1968

CCPR-OP2-DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming to the abolition of the death penalty

14 Feb 1990

05 Jun 1998

CED - Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

06 Feb 2007

16 Feb 2012

CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

17 Jul 1980

04 Apr 1986

CERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

14 Mar 1966

16 Jan 1967

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

19 Dec 1966

29 Nov 1968

CMW - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

26 Jan 1990

21 Aug 1990

CRC-OP-AC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

07 Sep 2000

24 Jan 2003

CRC-OP-SC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography

07 Sep 2000

09 Apr 2002

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

01 Oct 2008

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Costa Rica

Treaty

Signature Date

Ratification Date, Accession(a), Succession(d) Date

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.22 - Individual complaints procedure under the Convention against Torture

27 Feb 2002

CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

19 Dec 1966

29 Nov 1968

CED, Art.31 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

10 Dec 1999

20 Sep 2001

CERD, Art.14 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

08 Jan 1974

CESCR-OP - Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

28 Apr 2011

23 Sep 2014

CMW, Art.77 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

CRC-OP-IC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

28 Feb 2012

14 Jan 2014

CRPD-OP - Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

01 Oct 2008

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Costa Rica
* CED inquiry procedure does not require specific acceptance by States parties. It applies from the entry into force of the Convention in the country.

Treaty

Acceptance of inquiry procedure

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.20 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention against Torture

YES

11 Nov 1993

CED, Art.33 - Inquiry procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

YES

16 Feb 2012

CEDAW-OP, Art. 8-9 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

YES

20 Sep 2001

CESCR-OP, Art.11 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CRC-OP-IC, Art.13 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

YES

14 Jan 2014

CRPD-OP, Art.6-7 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

YES

01 Oct 2008

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Costa Rica

Treaty

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

16 Feb 2012

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