Q COSTA RICA — On July 29, Costa Rica joined five other Latin American nations (Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, and Uruguay) and more than 40 countries and international organizations in adopting the definition of antisemitism, which is a form of prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against Jews.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) officially signed the Working Definition of Antisemitism.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center thanked President Rodrigo Chaves and Foreign Minister Arnoldo André Tinoco for this historic step.
Among the 40 nations are the European Parliament, the United States, the United Kingdom, Argentina, and Germany.
The definition adopted by Costa Rica, approved in 2016 by IHRA member countries, states that “antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews that can be expressed as hatred of Jews. The physical and rhetorical manifestations of antisemitism are directed at Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, the institutions of Jewish communities, and their places of worship.”
This framework also addresses contemporary expressions of antisemitism, including the denial of Israel’s right to exist and the application of double standards toward the Jewish State.
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