The subject of sterlization is analysed base on the literature and compared with Costa Rican Law. Sterilization is an operation designed to eliminate reproductive capacity. In man, it implies a simple duct closing, and in woman the oviduct is blocked. The operating professional may hide, behing a "medical ando social"motivation, a criminal purpose of eliminating a particular group for ethnic or plitical rasons, wtc., which can be qualified as genocide, or simply may wish to hurt another person, which according to Costa Rican legislaiton qualifies as "very serious damage".

Esterilización; antijuridicidad; terapéutica; genocidio; lesiones; revisión bibliográfica