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Rome Statute   Costa Rica signed on 7 October 1998 and ratified on 7 June 2001, becoming the 33rd State Party.
Agreement on Privileges and Immunities Costa Rica ratified the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities on 28 April 2011.
Bilateral Immunity Agreement Publicly rejected BIA agreement.
Implementing Legislation In May 2003 Costa Rica enacted an amendment to the Criminal Code (Law 8272), including an article that refers to those crimes contained in international treaties that Costa Rica has ratified, including the Rome Statute. Currently a bill to include war crimes in the Criminal Code is pending in Congress to be discussed at the respective Commissions. The Bill includes all crimes under the RS as well as complementarity provisions.
Membership Like-Minded Country, OAS(Organization of American States), Rio Group
Enacted Legislation
Author Date and Title
Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica
25 Mar 2011
Ley No. 8926 de Aprobación del Acuerdo sobre Privilegios e Inmunidades de la Corte Penal Internacional
Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica
02 May 2002
Ley 8272 Represión Penal como Castigo por los Crímenes de Guerra y de Lesa Humanidad
Poder Legislativo Costa Rica
30 Jan 2001
Ley 8083 de Ratificación del Estatuto de Roma de la CPI Doc type: enacted legislation
Corte Suprema de Justicia
05 Nov 2000
Fallo de la Sala de Constitucionalidad de la Corte Suprema de Costa Rica
Government and Inter-governmental Documents
Author Date and Title
Costa Rica
Dec 2011
Discurso realizado durante la 10a Asamblea de Estados Partes- Costa Rica
Costa Rica
31 May 2010
Discursos Durante el Debate General en la Conferencia de Revisión - Costa Rica
Costa Rica
03 Dec 2008
Statement on the Eighth Report of the Prosecutor of the ICC pursuant to Resolution 1593
Costa Rica
16 June 2008
Consejo de Seguridad aprueba declaración presidencial impulsada por Costa Rica para perseguir a acusados de crímenes de guerra en Sudán
Government of Costa Rica
07 Oct 2006
Canciller Stagno expresa complacencia por decision del Presidente Bush/ MFA Stagno welcomed President Bush's decision
Poder Ejecutivo
30 Jan 2001
Ley de Ratificacion del Estatuto de Roma por parte de Costa Rica
Costa Rica
23 Oct 1997
Declaración del Embajador Fernando Berrocal Soto, Representante Permanente de Costa Rica ante las Naciones Unidas Delete
NGO Letters, Papers, Reports, and Statements
Authorascending Date and Title
FIDH
27 Feb 2008
Acuerdos de asociación de la UE con las Repúblicas de América Central de Costa Rica,El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua