UNITED NATIONS CERD International Convention on Distr. the Elimination GENERAL of all Forms of CERD/C/384/Add.5 Racial Discrimination 27 December 2001 ENGLISH Original: SPANISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION Sixteenth periodic reports of States parties due in 2000 Addendum COSTA RICA* [13 March 2001] ___________________ * This document contains the sixteenth periodic reports due on 4 January 2000. For the fifteenth periodic reports of Costa Rica and the summary records of the meetings at which the Committee considered those reports, see documents CERD/C/338/Add.4 and CERD/C/SR.1321-1322. GE.02-40003 (EXT) CERD/C/384/Add.5 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 7 I. GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................... 2 - 126 7 A. Legal framework.................................................................................. 2 - 52 7 1. Constitution .................................................................................. 2 - 7 7 2. International treaties ..................................................................... 8 - 20 8 3. Criminal Code............................................................................... 21 - 32 10 4. Specific regulations concerning discrimination............................ 33 - 37 11 5. Regulations favouring indigenous people..................................... 38 - 52 12 B. Inter-Ministerial Commission.............................................................. 53 - 64 14 C. Statistical records of migrants in Costa Rica ....................................... 65 - 77 15 D. Assessment of the 1999 migrant amnesty............................................ 78 - 91 21 E. National census, 2000 .......................................................................... 92 - 101 23 F. Programmes of international co-operation........................................... 102 - 109 24 G. Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica........................................................ 110 - 113 25 H. Regions of greatest Afro-Costa Rican settlement................................ 114 - 126 26 II. NATIONAL INITIATIVES......................................................................... 127 - 214 28 A. Legal framework and proposed legislation.......................................... 127 - 140 28 B. Official campaigns to restore values.................................................... 141 - 153 30 C. Initiation workshops in indigenous communities ................................ 154 - 162 32 CERD/C/384/Add.5 page 3 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page II. (continued) D. Consultation process for the preparatory meeting for the world conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance ............................ 163 - 173 33 E. Training for security forces.................................................................. 174 - 196 34 1. Penitentiary training school .......................................................... 175 - 183 34 2. Training for the Civil Guard......................................................... 184 - 186 35 3. Training for the Judicial Investigation Body................................ 187 - 192 36 4. Training for the municipal police ................................................. 193 - 196 36 F. Co-operation by international bodies and non-governmental organizations in police corps training.................................................. 197 - 198 37 G. Government care for indigenous peoples............................................. 199 - 214 37 III. INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES............................................................. 215 - 246 40 A. General Assembly resolutions supported and co-sponsored................ 220 - 224 40 B. Human Rights Commission resolutions supported and co-sponsored. 225 - 229 41 C. Organization of American States General Assembly resolutions supported.............................................................................................. 230 - 231 42 D. Factors limiting the full integration of migrants .................................. 232 - 246 42 IV. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.. 247 - 286 44 A. General considerations......................................................................... 247 - 248 44 B. Xenophobia on the internet.................................................................. 249 - 279 44 C. Role of the media................................................................................. 280 - 286 47 CERD/C/384/Add.5 page 4 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page V. THE SITUATION REGARDING RIGHTS................................................ 287 - 707 49 A. Civil and political rights....................................................................... 287 - 347 49 1. The right to equality before the law and in the administration of justice ....................................................................................... 287 - 306 49 2. Right to personal security and State protection against all acts of violence by public officials ...................................................... 307 - 312 51 3. Political rights............................................................................... 313 - 320 52 4. Other civil rights........................................................................... 321 - 347 54 i) Right to freedom of movement........................................... 321 - 324 54 ii) Right to own property......................................................... 325 - 341 54 iii) Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion........ 342 - 346 58 iv) Freedom of opinion and expression.................................... 347 58 B. Economic, social and cultural rights.................................................... 348 - 707 59 1. The right to work .......................................................................... 348 - 444 59 i) Migrants’ right to work....................................................... 348 - 420 59 a) Legal framework....................................................... 348 - 358 59 b) Profile of the labour force......................................... 359 - 374 60 c) Access and working conditions................................. 375 - 378 62 d) Labour inspection mechanisms................................. 379 - 392 63 e) Female domestic workers ......................................... 393 - 396 64 f) Labour organizations ................................................ 397 - 420 65 CERD/C/384/Add.5 page 5 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page V. B. 1. (continued) ii) Afro-Costa Rican employment situation ............................ 421 - 428 67 iii) Indigenous employment situation....................................... 429 - 444 68 2. Right to form trade unions............................................................ 445 - 447 71 3. Right to housing............................................................................ 448 - 467 71 i) Housing for migrants .......................................................... 453 - 459 71 ii) Housing in indigenous communities................................... 460 - 467 73 4. Right to health .............................................................................. 468 - 614 73 i) Health in the Afro-Costa Rican communities..................... 478 - 479 75 ii) Health for the migrant population....................................... 480 - 504 75 iii) Health in indigenous communities ..................................... 505 - 598 78 iv) Water-supply and drainage systems in indigenous communities........................................................................ 599 - 614 90 5. Right to education......................................................................... 615 - 707 91 i) Education for migrants ....................................................... 620 - 637 92 ii) Education for indigenous peoples....................................... 638 - 660 94 iii) Education for the Afro-Costa Rican population ................. 661 - 666 97 iv) Support from non-governmental organizations for indigenous development................................................ 667 - 675 98 v) Indigenous communities and the environment ................... 676 - 694 99 CERD/C/384/Add.5 page 6 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page V. B. 5. (continued) vi) Respect for cultural identity................................................ 695 - 699 101 vii) Implementation of customary law ...................................... 700 - 701 101 viii) Shortcomings of the system of government services.......... 702 - 707 102 VI. ACCESS TO JUSTICE................................................................................ 708 - 752 103 A. Complaint procedures .......................................................................... 708 - 740 103 B. Access to justice for indigenous peoples ............................................. 741 - 747 107 C. Development and indigenous rights..................................................... 748 - 751 108 D. Factors impeding full integration......................................................... 752 109 VII. PUBLIC ACTIVITIES................................................................................. 753 - 783 109 A. Miscellaneous considerations .............................................................. 753 - 763 109 B. Permanent Forum on the Migrant Population.....................................