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07-19-2012, 02:30 PM
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has filed a complaint in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in response to deportations from the Dominican Republic, which it says were made on racial grounds. The IACHR warned that several dozen people were subject to arbitrary detentions and were expelled from Dominican territory to Haiti in 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000. "The summary expulsions happened within the context of collective and massive expulsions of persons which affected both nationals and foreigners, documented and undocumented, people who had their permanent residence and a close labor and family link to the Dominican Republic," stated the IACHR.
The case was sent to the IACHR on June 10, 2012, because the Commission considered that the State had not complied with the recommendations contained in its Report on the Merits, according to the Commission. In that report, the Inter-American Commission recommended the State to allow the return to Dominican Republic of all the victims that are still in Haiti. Moreover, they asked the government to recognize the Dominican citizenship and provide or replace all the necessary documentation certifying them as Dominican citizens, or provide with the necessary documentation certifying that they were born in Dominican territory and move forward with the procedures necessary to recognize their Dominican citizenship, or ensure that they are able to continue to live as legal residents in Dominican territory with their families, according to each case.
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2012/091.asp
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The case was sent to the IACHR on June 10, 2012, because the Commission considered that the State had not complied with the recommendations contained in its Report on the Merits, according to the Commission. In that report, the Inter-American Commission recommended the State to allow the return to Dominican Republic of all the victims that are still in Haiti. Moreover, they asked the government to recognize the Dominican citizenship and provide or replace all the necessary documentation certifying them as Dominican citizens, or provide with the necessary documentation certifying that they were born in Dominican territory and move forward with the procedures necessary to recognize their Dominican citizenship, or ensure that they are able to continue to live as legal residents in Dominican territory with their families, according to each case.
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2012/091.asp
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)