Wednesday 21 January 2009, San José, Costa
Rica
Cuban Denied
Refuge Continues Living In San José
Airport
Arias Compared
Obama Inauguration To Ascent of Roman
Emperor
Palmares Festival Kicks
Off Today
Style Of Dress in
Public Places Defended
By Constitutional Court
Secondary Forests Are
Worth Saving
Poás Volcano Re-Opened
4.5 Quake Shakes
Guanacaste
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Style Of Dress In Public
Places Defended
By Constitutional Court
A decision by the Sala
IV allows anyone to wear
what the like in public
places, include the
Registro Nacional, the
centre of the
Constitutional Court
decision, after a
complaint was filed by a
man who was denied
access to the public
building for his
"inappropriate" attire.
The court found in
favour of the man,
identified as Nuñez,
saying that the security
guard infringed the
man's rights by denying
him access only on the
basis of his attire.
Entering a public
building with bare
chest, t-shirt, shorts
or sandals worn by men
has been reason for
denying entry. On the
other hand, barely clad
women, wearing the
shortest of skirts and
skimpiest of blouses has
never been a problem.
And that is the reason
why Nuñez decided to
file a writ of habeas
corpus against the
Registro Nacional, who
now has to pay the man
damages.
Dagoberto Sibaja,
director of the Registro
Nacional, said the
institution would abide
by the court's decision.
The court decision
applies only to public
buildings. |
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Short skirts and skimpy
tops are ok for women to enter the Registro Nacional,
but no bare chests or sandals for men. The Constitution
Court saw it otherwise, in ordering the institution to
no discriminate. |
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