Dokument #1058160
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No information on the procedures to be followed by hospital personnel when reporting incidents of sexual violence to the police or authorities could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
Attempts to obtain information from the Costa Rican Social Security System (Caja Costariccense de Seguro Social) were unsuccessful within the time constraints of this Response.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
IRB Databases
LEXIS/NEXIS
World News Connection (WNC)
One source consulted did not provide
information on the requested subject.
Internet sites, including:
Amnesty International
Centro de Investigación y
Promoción para América Central de Derechos Humanos
(CIPAC)
Costa Rica, Caja Costarricense de Seguro
Social (CCSS)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2002
Defensoría de los habitantes
Gay Costa Rica
Human Rights Watch
International Gay and Lesbian Human
Rights Commission
La Nación [San
José]. Search engine
Search engine:
Google