UNA PLATAFORMA PARA UNIR LAS LUCHAS POR TODOS LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS

• Stunting

  
  Stunting prevalence in children under 5 Read more
  6
• Political Participation

  
  Rating on consensus building and civil society participation Read more
  8
• To what extent are rural communities shrinking

  
  % of population living in rural areas Read more
  23%
• Child marriage

  
  Rates of child marriage Read more

  n/a

   

Participation is one of the fundamental human rights principles, requiring that everyone has the right to participate in making decisions that affect them. In order to ensure that those most affected by violations to the right to food and nutrition participate in political processes, it is essential to have the legal and policy infrastructure within national frameworks, as well as the participatory spaces that give meaningful space for participation.

• Legal Recognition of the Right to Food and Nutrition

  
  Is Right to Food recognized in the legal system Read more

  ****Draft Frame work Law for right to food introduced to the parliament in 2016: https://pac.cr/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Expediente-20076-1.pdf

  The Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica explicitly guarantees the right to adequate food.

  The Republic of Costa Rica has become a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 1968 by way of ratification.

  CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITIONS OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD

  Explicit protection of the right to adequate food

  Article 82: "The State shall provide food and clothing for indigent pupils, in accordance with the law."

  Implicit protection of the right to adequate food

  Article 56: "Work is a right of the individual and an obligation to society. The State shall seek to ensure that everyone has lawful, useful and properly remunerated employment, and to prevent the establishment of conditions that in any way curtail human freedom or dignity or degrade labor to the status of mere merchandise."

  Article 57: "Every worker is entitled to a minimum wage, to be fixed periodically, for a normal working day, which will provide for his welfare and a decent living."

  Directive principles of state policy

  Article 50: "The State shall seek the greatest welfare for all inhabitants of the country, organizing and promoting production and the most appropriate distribution of wealth."

  National status of international obligations

  Article 7: "Public treaties, international agreements and concordats duly approved by the Legislative Assembly shall have a higher authority than the laws upon their enactment or from the day that they designate."