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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3rd

Dominican Republic

94.2 Consider acceding to those international human rights instruments to which the Dominican Republic is not yet a party, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the International Labour Organization...

94.2 Consider acceding to those international human rights instruments to which the Dominican Republic is not yet a party, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), and the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, inter alia. 

Recommending State: Honduras

Recommendation Noted

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Dominican Republic

94.160 Strengthen the institutional framework for birth registration to ensure that all persons born in the Dominican Republic are promptly registered. 

94.160 Strengthen the institutional framework for birth registration to ensure that all persons born in the Dominican Republic are promptly registered. 

Recommending State: Mexico

Recommendation Accepted

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Dominican Republic

94.187 Prevent and reduce statelessness, especially by implementing Act No. 169-14, which provides for the registration of those applying for citizenship and recognizes the right of those born in the Dominican Republic before 26 January 2010 to obtain citizenship, including those in group B...

94.187 Prevent and reduce statelessness, especially by implementing Act No. 169-14, which provides for the registration of those applying for citizenship and recognizes the right of those born in the Dominican Republic before 26 January 2010 to obtain citizenship, including those in group B under the Act whose births have so far not been registered in the Dominican Republic. 

Recommending State: Germany

Recommendation Noted

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Dominican Republic

94.190 Comply with the judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the recommendations formulated by other States in past universal periodic review cycles to implement a legal framework on the effective...

94.190 Comply with the judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the recommendations formulated by other States in past universal periodic review cycles to implement a legal framework on the effective restitution of nationality to Dominicans of Haitian descent and to develop a national registry to identify stateless persons or those at risk of becoming stateless. 

Recommending State: Uruguay

Recommendation Noted

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Dominican Republic

94.24 Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

94.24 Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

Recommending State: Montenegro

Recommendation Noted

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Dominican Republic

94.178 Fulfil its obligations under article 18 of the Dominican Constitution, whereby those who enjoyed Dominican nationality prior to the 2010 Constitution coming into effect continue to do so. 

94.178 Fulfil its obligations under article 18 of the Dominican Constitution, whereby those who enjoyed Dominican nationality prior to the 2010 Constitution coming into effect continue to do so. 

Recommending State: Barbados

Recommendation Noted

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Dominican Republic

94.27 Consider the possibility of ratifying the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, to protect human rights of all foreigners born in the Dominican territory. 

94.27 Consider the possibility of ratifying the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and acceding to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, to protect human rights of all foreigners born in the Dominican territory. 

Recommending State: Peru

Recommendation Noted

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Dominican Republic

94.185 Provide fair judicial processes regarding the issuance of identity and citizenship documents to eliminate deportations of legal residents, legal migrants and persons with a credible claim to Dominican citizenship. 

94.185 Provide fair judicial processes regarding the issuance of identity and citizenship documents to eliminate deportations of legal residents, legal migrants and persons with a credible claim to Dominican citizenship. 

Recommending State: United States of America

Recommendation Noted

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Dominican Republic

94.7 Accede to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

94.7 Accede to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 

Recommending State: Mexico

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Dominican Republic

94.172 Deepen the measures aimed at combating discrimination suffered by migrants and their descendants, in particular by guaranteeing their right to nationality and providing the necessary safeguards to prevent statelessness of persons born in the Dominican Republic. 

94.172 Deepen the measures aimed at combating discrimination suffered by migrants and their descendants, in particular by guaranteeing their right to nationality and providing the necessary safeguards to prevent statelessness of persons born in the Dominican Republic. 

Recommending State: Argentina

Recommendation Noted

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