Dominican Republic

Abduction 1
Access to procedures 3
Access to water 1
Africans 1
Age discrimination 2
Aliens 2
Arbitrary arrest and detention 30
Armed forces / Military 1
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
Assemblies of God 9
Asylum policy 3
Asylum-seekers 8
Baptist 9
Border conflict 1
Buddhist 8
Capacity building of state institutions 1
Catholic 10
Child labour 25
Child prostitution 17
Child soldiers 3
Children's rights 48
Children-at-risk 19
Christian 8
Citizenship / Nationality law 12
Civil and political rights 4
Conflict situation 1
Constitutional law 3
Contemporary forms of slavery 1
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
Corruption 14
Criminal justice 18
Death in custody 1
Death penalty 1
Democracy 2
Denial of nationality 6
Deportation / Forcible return 19
Disappeared persons 20
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 51
Domestic violence 14
Drug trafficking 9
Economic, social and cultural rights 23
Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 4
Election law 1
Elections 15
Equality before the law 1
Evangelical 9
Expedited procedures 1
Expulsion 13
Extradition 3
Extrajudicial executions 34
Extreme poverty 3
Forced labour 31
Forced marriage 2
Forced sterilization / Abortion 6
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 28
Freedom of assembly and association 31
Freedom of conscience 1
Freedom of expression 92
Freedom of information 44
Freedom of movement 23
Freedom of religion 39
Freedom of speech 37
Gang related violence 2
Gender discrimination 27
Gender mainstreaming 3
Gender-based persecution 5
Good governance 3
Gross, systematic and large-scale 1
HIV and AIDS 11
Haitians 60
Harmful traditional practices 1
Hindu 9
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 8
Human Rights Council 6
Human rights activists 8
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 68
Human rights courts 4
Human rights law 1
Human rights monitors 3
Humanitarian assistance 2
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 7
Immigrants 2
Immigration Detention 4
Immigration law 5
Immunity 2
Impunity 12
Independence of judiciary 3
Indigenous persons 1
Internal armed conflict 1
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 6
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 5
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 3
International protection 3
Involuntary repatriation 2
Jehovah's Witness 9
Jew 8
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 14
Medical screening 2
Mentally disadvantaged persons 2
Migrant rights 11
Migrants 20
Military courts 6
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 6
Minorities 14
Minority rights 2
Mormon 9
Multiple nationality 3
Muslim 9
National security / Public order 2
Naturalization 5
Non-state agents of persecution 1
Opposition 1
Peacekeeping 2
Pentecostal 9
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
Persecution based on nationality 1
Persecution based on political opinion 2
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 11
Persons of concern to UNHCR 5
Persons with disabilities 8
Piracy 1
Police 39
Political parties 3
Political situation 1
Pre-trial detention 5
Prevention of discrimination 2
Prison or detention conditions 15
Proof of nationality 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 11
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
Protestant 9
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 4
Public health 6
Racial / Ethnic persecution 4
Reconciliation 1
Refoulement 1
Refugee / Asylum law 3
Refugee seamen 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 1
Refugees 19
Regional instruments 1
Registration 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 2
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 17
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
Residence permits / Residency 7
Returnees 1
Right to a nationality 21
Right to education 10
Right to employment 9
Right to family life 5
Right to health 5
Right to justice 1
Right to leave 1
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to life 5
Right to registration at birth 5
Right to return 2
Right to self-determination 2
Rights of non-citizens 3
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 21
SGBV 46
Sale of children 1
Security forces 24
Security situation 2
Serious non-political crime 1
Seventh Day Adventist 9
Sexual and reproductive rights 13
Smuggling of persons 9
Social group discrimination 14
Social group persecution 1
State of emergency 1
State protection 13
Statelessness 34
Sunni 4
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
Temporary admission 2
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 6
Threats / Intimidation 2
Torture 5
Trafficking in persons 60
Travel documents 2
Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 10
Visas 3
Voluntary repatriation 2
Witchcraft 1
Withdrawal of nationality 4
Witnesses 4
Women's rights 32
Women-at-risk 20

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UN rights office voices concern over Dominican Republic's ruling on regional court 7 November 2014 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Dominican Republic: Withdrawal from top regional human rights court would put rights at risk 6 November 2014 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Dominican Republic: Torture denouncers threatened by police: Ana Patricia Fermín 27 October 2014 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Dominican Republic: Reaction to Court ruling shows shocking disregard for international law 24 October 2014 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Freedom of the Press 2014 - Dominican Republic 8 October 2014 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
2013 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Dominican Republic 7 October 2014 \| Publisher: United States Department of Labor \| Document type: Annual Reports
Journalists wounded while covering street clashes in Santo Domingo 22 September 2014 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Update on UNHCR's operations in the Americas 17 September 2014 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Regional Reports
Caso Personas dominicanas y haitianas expulsadas vs. República Dominicana 28 August 2014 \| Publisher: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Document type: Case Law
Dominican Republic: Whether a person can obtain citizenship if one parent has Dominican citizenship that is not affected by the 2004 General Law on Migration, including requirements and procedures; documents required to prove that the parent is not retroactively affected by the 2004 law 20 August 2014 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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