OBS_VALUE: Every person is equal before the law and no discrimination contrary to human dignity may be practiced in Costa Rica. Also, in order to avoid inequalities and discrimination that could arise when applying the Costa Rican Constitution and other current legal instruments, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica decided in 1992 that when the terms man or woman are used in the legislation, they should be understood as synonymous with the word person, and thereby eliminate any possible legal discrimination based on gender, a correction that must be applied by all public officials when they are presented with any situation whose resolution requires applying a regulation that uses the words mentioned above.