Archive for March 28th, 2011

WASHINGTON. – Dominican Republic today rejected the practice of State-sponsored discrimination against Haitian immigrants and descendants when issuing documents, affirming that it makes “efforts” to modernize its civil registry, to “secure  and guarantee citizens’ rights.”

Electoral Board president Roberto Rosario, who headed Dominican Republic’s representation before the OAS’ Inter-American Human Rights Commission (CIDH), testified in today’s hearings that began March 21 and will be held until April 1, said in the last few years civil society and the CIDH itself have ...