Dominican Republic
Authorities in the Dominican Republic are still responding to a 2013 ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal that stripped citizenship from tens of thousands of Dominicans of migrant descent, mostly of Haitian origin. Officials said that more than 66,000 people voluntarily returned to Haiti in the summer of 2015, but some migrants told human rights groups they were forcibly removed or fled the country in fear of mob violence. A Naturalization Law intended to restore various citizenship rights to those affected has been fraught with flaws, and many eligible people remain unable to resolve their status.
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“I Felt Like the World Was Falling Down on Me”
Adolescent Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Dominican Republic
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“It’s Your Decision, It’s Your Life”
The Total Criminalization of Abortion in the Dominican Republic
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News
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Teen Girls Need Access to Safe and Legal Abortion
On International Day of the Girl, Imagine Life with Reproductive Rights Guaranteed
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Dominican Republic: Policies Fuel Teen Pregnancy
Girls Need Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Health Services, Safe Abortion
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The Horrors of a Hurricane, Doubled by Statelessness
People Without Dominican, Haitian Citizenship Stranded as Hurricane Matthew Approaches
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