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Costa Rica Foreign Minister Arnoldo André Tinoco should use his appearance before the Legislative Assembly on March 19, 2025, to disclose his migration agreement with the United States and ...
But Human Rights Watch interviewed 36 people between March 1 and April 30 who said that they, along with many others sent to Costa Rica, would face serious risks to their lives or safety if sent ...
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Costa Rica has experience leading similar global initiatives on environmental and human rights. In February 2015, the country launched the “ Geneva Pledge ,” which links climate and human rights.
Costa Rica became the first Central American country to allow same-sex marriage on May 26. ... Human Rights Watch | 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor | New York, NY 10118-3299 USA ...
Costa Rica has historically supported disability rights. It was one of the first Latin American countries in 1996 to pass legislation on the legal capacity of persons with disabilities.
After visiting Costa Rica in March 2016, Human Rights Watch wrote to the current Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Salis, calling on him to introduce marriage equality legislation so that same ...
Human Rights Watch, an international NGO, urged Costa Rica to “not be complicit in flagrant US abuses,” regarding migrants. “Costa Rican authorities should expeditiously identify potential refugee ...
Zapote, San José, Costa Rica. 520-2010 . Re: Marriage Equality in Costa Rica . Dear President Solís: I write to send the regards of Human Rights Watch, ...
After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, concern has grown that the Ortega government ...
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MIRAMAR, Panama (AP) — Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as ...