CRC Concluding Observations - Children Belonging to Indigenous and Afrodescendent Peoples - Costa Rica

Children Belonging to Indigenous and Afrodescendent Peoples

44. With reference to its general comment No. 11 (2009) on indigenous children and their rights under the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party:

d) Expedite measures to implement Presidential Decree No. 40932-MP-MJP of March 2018, and ensure that indigenous and Afrodescendent children are included in processes to seek free, prior and informed consent of indigenous and Afrodescendent peoples, in connection with measures affecting their lives, and ensure that development projects, hydroelectric projects, business activities, and the implementation of legislative or administrative measures, such as the establishment of protected areas, are subject to consultations and adhere to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.