Costa Rica
We accompanied Costa Rica through technical support to the Drug Observatory, the territorialisation of policies in two localities on the Atlantic and Caribbean coast, the improvement of the platform for the exchange of information and social use of goods seized from drug trafficking, and the improvement of alternative penalties for women in conflict with the law for minor drug offences. Costa Rica participates in four COPOLAD III working groups.
How do we support the country?
Strengthening drug observatories
Drug demand reduction
- 1 ‘Guide to evaluative analysis of drug policies from a gender and human rights perspective’ to feed into future policy reforms.
- Incorporation of the gender approach in a research protocol to study the prevalence of drug use among women deprived of liberty.
- 2 territorialisation projects in the communities of Limón and Punta Arenas, aimed at the vulnerable population aged 13 to 18, to articulate basic health and employability services, public safety and human security.
- 1 ‘Guide to support the construction of intervention and monitoring protocols in the territory for vulnerable populations with a gender focus’.
Fight against drug trafficking and organised crime
Proportionality and criminal alternatives
- Strengthening of the information exchange platform (managed by the Costa Rican Drug Institute of Costa Rica) for the entire Latin American Financial Action Task Force (GAFILAT) in relation to operational and IT security aspects.
- Support to the Costa Rican Drug Institute in the project to reform the law on the social use of assets confiscated from organised crime.
- 1 ‘Protocol for the Comprehensive Care of Women in Conflict with the Criminal Law’ to address the specific vulnerabilities faced by women from a comprehensive response and restorative justice approach.
How do we support the country?
Strengthening drug observatories
- 1 ‘Guide to evaluative analysis of drug policies from a gender and human rights perspective’ to feed into future policy reforms.
- Incorporation of the gender approach in a research protocol to study the prevalence of drug use among women deprived of liberty.
Drug demand reduction
- 2 territorialisation projects in the communities of Limón and Punta Arenas, aimed at the vulnerable population aged 13 to 18, to articulate basic health and employability services, public safety and human security.
- 1 ‘Guide to support the construction of intervention and monitoring protocols in the territory for vulnerable populations with a gender focus’.
Fight against drug trafficking and organised crime
- Strengthening of the information exchange platform (managed by the Costa Rican Drug Institute of Costa Rica) for the entire Latin American Financial Action Task Force (GAFILAT) in relation to operational and IT security aspects.
- Support to the Costa Rican Drug Institute in the project to reform the law on the social use of assets confiscated from organised crime.
Proportionality and criminal alternatives
- 1 ‘Protocol for the Comprehensive Care of Women in Conflict with the Criminal Law’ to address the specific vulnerabilities faced by women from a comprehensive response and restorative justice approach.
