§1. Request for information on Costa Rica’s human rights practices
This section requests that the Secretary of State submit to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, not later than 30 days after the date of the resolution's adoption and pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), a statement on Costa Rica's human rights practices prepared in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser. The statement must include (1) all available credible information on alleged violations by the government of Costa Rica, such as arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, due process violations, enforced disappearances, killings, and trafficking in persons—including of non-citizens removed to Costa Rica by the United States—and the legal rights and status provided to such individuals; (2) U.S. government steps to promote human rights observance, discourage contrary practices, disassociate from them, and assess pre-removal treatment of such individuals (including individualized assessments and assurances of legal status or humane treatment); and (3) additional information, including assessments of security assistance use in related activities, pre-removal analyses of conditions, detention center conditions, compliance with U.S. court orders for returns, protections against risks, actions against unlawful removals, relevant U.S.-Costa Rica agreements or transactions, information on 2025 U.S. removals to Costa Rica, and facilitation of releases or returns.