Human Rights Commission Rejects Nicaraguan Charges Against Costa Rica
The Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) - Interamerican Commission on Human Rights - rejected the charge presented by the government of Nicaragua against Costa Rica surrounding the death of Nicaraguan Natividad Canda.

The commission said it found no evidence of discrimination against Nicaraguans by the Costa Rican government as charged by the Nicaraguan government following the attack on Canda by two Rottweilers as police and firefighters moved to stop the attack back in 2005.

Canda was killed by the two dogs and Nicaraguan officials were quick to denounce the actions of the police, who they say could have done more to stop the attack but didn't because Canda was Nicaraguan.

"The decision is proof of justice from the beginning, proof that the CIDH should have declared the case totally inadmissible. Costa Rica is state of rights. The decision is emblematic", said Bruno Stagno, Costa Rica's minister of foreign affairs, in a press conference soon after the decision was handed down.

stagno added that the report is made up of 72 pages and divided into four parts and was delivered to the Costa Rican ambassador tot he Organization of American States (OAS), Javier Sancho.

"The commission concluded that the claim by the Nicaraguan state concerning the violation of rights in articles 1.1, 8, 24 and 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights, are in inadmissible, based on articles 46 of the Convention and 31 of the rules of the commission", said Stagno.

For the Costa Rican minister it proves that all Costa Rican judicial institutions are efficient and that there exists a quick and decisive justice, complying with the rights of individuals, especially foreigners.

Stagno added that he considers CIDH decision an important diplomatic achievement and reiterated the invitation to the "Relator de los Trabajadores Migrantes" to visit Costa Rica and to check to their contentment Costa Rica's compliance with human rights.