Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Turn Mario Uribe Over to Colombia

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0700

The Costa Rican government should turn former Colombian Senator Mario Uribe over to Colombia for prosecution for his alleged involvement with paramilitary death squads, Human Rights Watch said today. Uribe is a cousin of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and has been one of the president’s closest political allies for many years.

DR-CAFTA Falls Short on Workers’ Rights

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:00:00 -0700

The U.S. House of Representatives will likely vote before the end of this week on the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). The House should reject the accord for falling short on workers' human rights because it does not require countries to protect women workers from discrimination or to have laws that meet international labor standards.

CAFTA's Weak Labor Rights Protections: Why the Present Accord Should be Opposed

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800

On February 20, 2004, President George W. Bush notified Congress of his intent to sign the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)-an accord that the United States recently negotiated with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. According to U.S.

The Right Way to Trade

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:00:00 -0700

This week the United States and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have been conducting the sixth of nine negotiating rounds for a U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The United States has already proposed labor rights provisions for CAFTA similar to those in the U.S free trade agreements with Chile and Singapore. But those are the wrong models.

The Right Way to Trade

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:00:00 -0700

The Bush administration is quietly carrying on a major new trade negotiation with Central America that could show -- contrary to the notion that globalization hurts workers -- how international trade deals can increase respect for labor rights. But the Bush team must get the right formula into its briefing books.

U.N. Rights Body In Serious Decline

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 25 Apr 2003 17:00:00 -0700

(Geneva) - This year's session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has proved even more disappointing than last year, Human Rights Watch said on the last day of the six-week meeting in Geneva.