QCOSTARICA (EFE) A report from the United States Department of Labor highlighted last Thursday that Costa Rica reactivated a committee for the eradication of child labor and noted that this scourge is present in livestock and coffee harvesting.
The report ‘2024: List of goods produced by child labor or forced labor‘ indicates that various governments around the world have made efforts to combat child labor through coordination mechanisms that play a crucial role in prosecuting criminals and ensuring that victims receive protection.
In the case of Costa Rica, the report recognizes that the country has made “moderate progress” and that it “reactivated the National Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor and for the Protection of Adolescent Workers.”
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The report indicates that child labor detected in Costa Rica is located in livestock and coffee harvesting and warns that in the country indigenous, Afro-descendant and LGTBIQ+ children suffer discrimination in educational centers, which causes lower enrollment levels.
According to data from the National Household Survey, from the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica (INEC), for 2021, 6,091 people between the ages of 12 and 17 worked, corresponding to an employment rate of 1.3%.
Information from the Ministry of Labor of Costa Rica indicates that in Costa Rica work is prohibited for people under 15 years of age and that the authorities respect the right of people over 15 years of age and under 18 years of age to work, only in environments free of dangerous work, in harmony with their right to education and under the special protection regime.
“Since 2020, Costa Rica, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, has been recognized as a pioneer country within the framework of the ILO (International Labor Organization) Alliance 8.7, thanks to significant progress in preventing and addressing child labor, thanks to the broad commitment of the public, business, union and civil society sectors,” said the Ministry of Labor.
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