International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racism | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women | Convention on the Rights of the Child | International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families | Constituent Agreement of the Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean |
29 November 1968 | 16 January 1967 | 1 October 2008 | 4 April 1986 | 21 August 1990 | 4 December 2024 | 15 March 1996 |
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Social Housing |
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Public Health |
Public Education |
Social Development |
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Older Persons |
Persons with Disabilities |
Afrodecendants and Indigenous Peoples |
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Youth/Young Adults |
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Peoples with Disabilites |
Afrodescendants and Indigenous Peoples |
Migrants |
Public Education |
Work and Social Security |
Social Housing |
Public Health |
Social Development |
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Legal Instrument | Código de la Infancia y la Adolescencia | Ley General de la Persona Joven (Ley núm. 8261) | Ley Integral para la Persona Adulta Mayr | Ley de promoción de la igualdad social de la mujer | Ley de igualdad de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad | Ley 2694 de 1970 - Ley Anti-Discriminación. | Ley Nº 8764, Ley General de Migración y Extranjería, 2009 | Ley Fundamental de Educación | Codigo de Trabajo | Ley de Vivienda No.7052 | Ley General de Salud | Ley de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares |
Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law | Law |
Country | Costa Rica |
Main authority | Social Presidential Council |
Year of creation | 2014 |
Coordinating authority | Second Vice-President of the Republic |
Members | Second Vice-Presidency of the Republic, Ministers of the Presidency, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Culture and Youth, Ministry of Housing and Human Settlements and the executive presidents of the National Institute of Women, the Joint Institute of Social Assistance and the Costa Rican Institute of Sport and Recreation. |
Country | Costa Rica |
Main authority | Joint Institute for Social Aid / Ministry of Social Development and Social Inclusion |
Year of creation | 1971 |
Mission | To be the leading institution in the country in overcoming poverty, which effectively articulates the efforts of society for that purpose, on the base of their knowledge of the issue and institutional values. For this, the Ministry's mission is to promote dignified living conditions and the social development of people, families and communities in a situation of poverty or risk and social vulnerability, with an emphasis on people in extreme poverty; providing them with opportunities, services and resources, based on knowledge of the real needs of the target population, with a focus on rights, gender equity and territoriality; with the active participation of different social actors and with transparency, and a spirit of service and solidarity. As the leading institution in the country in overcoming poverty, it effectively articulates the efforts of society, based on its knowledge of the subject and institutional values. The management of the Institution will be based on the following values: justice and solidarity; teamwork; excellence; service; transparency. |
Incumbent | Yorleny León Marchena (2022) |
Population segment | Children and Adolescents |
Youth/Young Adults |
Older Persons |
Persons with Disabilities |
Women |
Migrants |
Main protection mechanism | Consejo Nacional de la Niñez y la Adolescencia | Viceministerio de Juventud | Consejo Nacional para el Adulto Mayor | Consejo Nacional de las Personas con Discapacidad(CONAPDIS) | Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres | Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería |
Legal Instrument | Ley 7739 Código de la Niñez y la Adolescencia (1998) Decreto 33028 (2006) por el que se dicta el Reglamento al Consejo Nacional de la Niñez y la Adolescencia Decreto Nº 35876-S (2009) Lineamiento para el sector social y lucha contra la pobreza: implementación de los subsistemas locales de protección a la niñez y la adolescencia en las once comunidades prioritarias | Ley General de la Persona Joven (Ley núm. 8261) | Ley Integral para la Persona Adulta Mayor (Ley No. 7935) | Ley 5.347 por la cual se crea en 1973 el Consejo Nacional de Rehabilitación y Educación Especial | Ley Nº 8764, Ley General de Migración y Extranjería, 2009 |
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Unique Registry of Participants | Sistema Integrado de Administración Financiera /b | Sectoral Plan for Social Development | Transparence - system for accessing public information from the State | Integrated Social Information System |
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