Costa Rica is making progress! We grow stronger and we will, too... BREAKING NEWS: Costa Rican Court Hands Non-GMO Movement a Victory! The Costa Rica Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, or Sala IV, struck down the government’s regulatory framework on genetically modified organisms, declaring the process of approval for GMO projects unconstitutional. In the court’s opinion, Chief Justice Gilbert Armijo Sancho wrote that the regulations violate the Costa Rican Constitution on two grounds. First, GMO projects do not require an environmental impact assessment for approval, which the court said violates Costa Ricans’ constitutional right to a healthy environment. Second, the secrecy allowed to GMO companies in terms of the genetic information of their products violates the constitutional right to freedom of information. READ the rest:ticotimes.net/2014/09/11/costa-rican-court-hands-gmo-opponents-a-victory-by-declaring-permitting-process-unconstitutional
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 15:28:28 +0000
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