Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1991)

In reply to its previous direct request, the Government indicates in the report received in September 2005 that the definition of persons with disabilities has been broadened and improved with the approval in November 1999 of the Inter‑American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 7948). Furthermore, following the holding of a National Forum and a broad process of consultation, public policies on disability have been established by Presidential Instruction No. 27, of December 1999, published in January 2001. The Committee notes with interest this concentration of effort and requests the Government to continue providing information in future reports on the results achieved by public policies and private initiatives designed to integrate persons with disabilities into the labour market.