Statelessness & Denationalization
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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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Bahamian Emancipation Day Continues to Ring Hollow
Emancipation Day in The Bahamas cannot truly be celebrated for those at risk of statelessness.
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El desafío que presenta COVID-19 para la República Dominicana
La Pandemia Impacta Directamente a Aquellos Que Han Sido Desnacionalizados, Migrantes, Refugiados, Apátridas Y Aquellos en Riesgo De Apatridia en El País.
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COVID-19 Challenges for the Dominican Republic
The pandemic directly impacts those who have been denationalized, migrants, refugees, stateless people, and those at risk of statelessness in the country.
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Five Years Later: Nothing But Broken Promises
Five years after Law 169-14 promised to restore nationality to Dominicans of Haitian descent, the international community must ensure that the Dominican government is held accountable for its ongoing violations of human rights.
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Combating Statelessness in the Dominican Republic
Tags Share In 2013, the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic issued a landmark ruling, Judgment 168-13, which retroactively took away citizenship rights from Dominicans of Haitian descent. In the five years since, the issue of statelessness has only grown more complex, leaving countless Dominicans of Haitian descent without access to nationality documents. Far from…
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Dreams Still Deferred
Assessing denationalization in the Dominican Republic, one year after our report.
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Briefing: ‘Dreams Deferred’
Tags Share The Coordinator of the umbrella organization Dominican@s por Derecho and the Director of the Centro de Desarrollo Sostenible (CEDESO, Center for Sustainable Development), Beneco Enecia requested that Dominican authorities accept the responsibility of finding a definitive solution to the problems Judgment 168/13 has caused tens of thousands of people, particularly as Law 169-14…
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Open Letter to Dominican President Medina on Anniversary of Judgment 168-13
Tags Share Santo Domingo, September 23, 2017 The Honorable Danilo Medina Sánchez President of the RepublicHand Delivered/ Palacio Nacional Distinguished President Medina: The organizations that comprise the Dominican@s por Derecho platform write to communicate our sadness and a clear message to which we have beared witness: Law 169-14 has not resolved the problems created by…
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Judgment 168-13: Four Years Later
Four years after the watershed ruling, Judgment 168-13, we look at the ongoing legal and political struggle to ensure the citizenship rights of all Dominicans are restored.
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Why Dominicans of Haitian Descent Struggle to Have Their Nationality Recognized
Tags Share Download the full report: “Dreams Deferred: The Struggle of Dominicans of Haitian Descent to get their Nationality Back Download the full report in Spanish For tens of thousands of Dominican citizens of Haitian descent who are unable to get a national identity card, called a cédula, the future is worryingly uncertain. Yafreisi is…
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