Statelessness & Denationalization
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Apátridas y Vulnerables: La crisis actual de los descendientes de haitianos en la República Dominicana
Tags Share «Nos están borrando como seres humanos», dijo Sonia Pierre, nacida en la República Dominicana de padres haitianos, en referencia a la profunda discriminación a la que se enfrentan las personas dominicanas de ascendencia haitiana dentro de la sociedad dominicana y sus instituciones. Sonia fue una dedicada defensora de los derechos humanos que lideró…
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Stateless and Vulnerable: The Ongoing Crisis of Haitian Descent in the Dominican Republic
Tags Share “We are being erased as human beings,” said Sonia Pierre, who was born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian parents, in reference to the profound discrimination faced by Dominicans of Haitian descent within Dominican society and its institutions. Sonia was a dedicated human rights defender who led the movement against the structural racism…
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Dominican Republic: for 10 years now, thousands of people are still deprived of their nationality
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.: September 25, 2023. In the face of the largest deprivation of nationality in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, the undersigned organizations demand that the Dominican government respect, promote, and protect the human rights of Dominicans of Haitian descent affected by Ruling TC-169-13 of the Constitutional Court…
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República Dominicana: desde hace 10 años, miles de personas continúan privadas de su nacionalidad
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.: Septiembre 25, 2023. Frente a la privación de nacionalidad más grande en la historia de América Latina y el Caribe, las organizaciones firmantes exigimos al gobierno dominicano a respetar, promover y proteger los derechos humanos de las personas dominicanas de ascendencia haitiana afectadas por la Sentencia TC-169-13 del Tribunal…
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Civil Society Organizations Condemn Collective Expulsions from the Dominican Republic And Call for Their Immediate End
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.December, 2022. We, the undersigned organizations, express extreme concern regarding the collective expulsion of people, including children, adolescents and pregnant women, to Haiti by the authorities of the Dominican Republic. This measure is part of a series of actions proposed by the President of the Dominican Republic to address migration…
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Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil Condenan Expulsiones Colectivas de República Dominicana y Llaman a su Cese Inmediato
Tags Share Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.Diciembre 2022 Las organizaciones firmantes expresamos extrema preocupación frente a la expulsión colectiva a Haití de personas, incluyendo niños, niñas y adolescentes y mujeres embarazadas, por parte de las autoridades de la República Dominicana. Dicha medida forma parte de una serie de acciones planteadas por el Presidente de la República…
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A debt is still owed to Dominicans of Haitian descent 9 years after the ruling that left them largely stateless
Tags Share In 2013, the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic issued judgment 168-13, which retroactively took away the right to nationality from Dominicans of Haitian descent. In the nine years since, statelessness in the country has only grown more complex, leaving countless Dominicans of Haitian descent without access to nationality documents. Far from just…
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Se mantiene deuda con personas dominicanas de ascendencia haitiana, a nueve años de la sentencia que las desnacionalizó masivamente
Tags Share En el año 2013, el Tribunal Constitucional de la República Dominicana emitió la Sentencia 168-13, que eliminó de manera retroactiva el derecho a la nacionalidad a personas dominicanas de ascendencia haitiana. En los nueve años transcurridos desde esta decisión, el problema de la apatridia se ha vuelto más complejo, dejando a innumerables dominicanos…
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Eight Years of La Sentencia
Dominicans of Haitian descent continue to be denied their right to nationality.
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The Dominican Republic’s Century-Long History of Racism
The Dominican Republic wants to build a border wall. It should learn from America’s mistakes.
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Denationalization and Anti-Immigrant Policies in the Dominican Republic
Tags Share The Socio-Cultural Movement of Haitian Workers (MOSCTHA for its Spanish acronym), the legal team of the Jacques Viau Network, the Fundación Derechos Vigentes, the Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights express our deep concern over the decision adopted on February 27, 2021 by the Dominican Republic’s…
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The Struggle Against Statelessness Continues
We urge the new Dominican government to restore the citizenship of denationalized Dominicans.
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