Dominican Republic should stop discriminatory practices against Dominicans of Haitian descent: Amnesty International oral statement to the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Amnesty International welcomes the announcement by the Dominican Republic of the publication of a Regularisation Plan for Migrants with no regular status as this could be a positive step in enhancing the protection of the rights of migrants in the country. However, Amnesty International remains concerned about the vulnerability in which thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent have been living for more than a decade and which has been increased by the ruling 168-13 of the Dominican Constitutional Court issued in September 2013.

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