Country Profile: Costa Rica

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Costa RicaSignature date: 10 December 2003 | Ratification or accession: 21 March 2007

Governmental experts lists:

Phase 1 - Cycle 1:

English

Phase 1 - Cycle 2:

English

Implementation process

Phase 1

Review Cycle 1

Chapters III and IV

Start date: 1 July 2013 Year: 4

Reviewing countries:

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (same region)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other stakeholders involved in review:

NOYES

Information on measures taken after the completion of country review:

Submission received in response to Note Verbale CU 2023/247/(A) of 19 July 2023


		Self-assessment checklist
Country visit: 13-15 April 2015		Direct dialogue
26 May 2016		Executive summary English French Spanish Russian Arabic Chinese
4 August 2017		Country review report Spanish
4 August 2017		Status: completed

Review Cycle 2

Chapters II and V

Start date: 19 June 2019 Year: 4

Reviewing countries:

Ecuador (same region)

Oman

Other stakeholders involved in review:

NOYES


19 August 2019		Self-assessment checklist
Country visit (hybrid): 13-15 December 2022		Direct dialogue
29 February 2024		Executive summary English French Spanish Russian Arabic Chinese
		Country review report
		Status: in progress

Acting as reviewing state for

Phase 1

Review Cycle 1

Reviewing state of:

Cabo Verde

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Review Cycle 2

Reviewing state of:

Trinidad and Tobago

Bahamas

Competent authority notifications and international cooperation:

Prevention: Article 6(3) (Preventive anti-corruption body or bodies): Please refer to the Directory of Competent National Authorities

Mutual legal assistance: Article 46(13) (Central authorities for MLA) and 46(14) (Acceptable languages for MLA requests): Please refer to the Directory of Competent National Authorities

Extradition: Article 44(6) (Use of the Convention as the legal basis for cooperation on extradition): Yes

Implementing legislation:

Article 23(d) (Laws that give effect to article 23): Please refer to the TRACK Legal Library

Article 55(5) (Laws that give effect to article 55): Please refer to the TRACK Legal Library

TRACK Legal Library: National Legislation of Costa Rica

OECD Working Group on Bribery
OAS MESICIC
FATF/ FATF-Style Regional Bodies

United Nations

Office on Drugs and Crime

Corruption and Economic Crime Branch

Country Profile

Compliance with notification requirements

Other information

State party's profiles on websites of other anti-corruption review mechanisms