Dominican Republic

Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports

State Department - Country Documents

Foreign Government Reports

Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- DOM104956.E - 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. - Aug. 2014
- DOM102146.E - Dominican Republic: Documentation required and procedures to be followed by a parent wishing to travel abroad with a minor child in the absence, or without the consent, of the second parent. - Feb. 2007
- DOM42562.E - Dominican Republic: Update to DOM36739.E of 7 June 2001 about whether a foreign national (as an employed foreigner in the country) would need a residence permit and therefore have the right to return and remain in the country; rights and obligations of a person who bears a residence permit (2003-April 2004). - May 2004
- DOM42423.E - Dominican Republic: Whether common-law relationships are recognized in the Dominican Republic; whether a person who is in a common-law relationship with a citizen of the Dominican Republic can obtain citizenship and the procedure for obtaining citizenship - April 2004

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Entry/Exit

Foreign Government Reports

Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- ZZZ201066.E - Dominican Republic and Haiti: The Dominican Republic's migration policies regarding its border with Haiti; exit and entry procedures at land borders, including required documents for Haitian nationals; irregular movements between the two countries - Oct. 2022

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Children

US Government Reports

Department of Labor - Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

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Corruption

US Government Reports

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- InFocus - Sept. 2022

Foreign Government Reports

Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- DOM102148.E - Dominican Republic: Organized crime; government actions to fight organized crime; state protection for witnesses of crime. - March 2007

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Disabilities

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Elections

Not Available

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Ethnic Groups / Race

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Haitians and Dominico-Haitians

Non-Government Organization Reports

Amnesty International
- “Where are we going to live?” Migration and Statelessness in Haiti and the Dominican Republic - June 2016
- "Without Papers, I Am No One" Stateless People in the Dominican Republic - Nov. 2015
Human Rights Watch
- “ILLEGAL PEOPLE”:Haitians And Dominico-Haitians In The Dominican Republic - April 2002
World Directory of Minorities
- Haitians
- Dominco-Haitians

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Sex

Foreign Government Reports

Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- DOM105288.E Dominican Republic: Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and support services available to victims (2011-September 2015) - Oct. 2015
- DOM43368.E - Dominican Republic: Update to DOM33657.E of 3 February 2000 on the laws and protection available to women who are victims of domestic violence. - Feb. 2005

Non-Government Organization Reports

Human Rights Watch
- “I Felt Like the World Was Falling Down on Me” Adolescent Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Dominican Republic - June 2019
- “It’s Your Decision, It’s Your Life” The Total Criminalization of Abortion in the Dominican Republic - Nov. 2018
- A Test of Inequality: Discrimination against Women Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic - June 2004
Amnesty International
- The State As A Catalyst For Violence Against Women - March 2016

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Human Rights

US Government Reports

State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- InFocus - Sept. 2022

Non-Government Organizations

Amnesty International
- Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human right - Mar. 2023
Human Rights Watch - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

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Justice System

Not Available

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Law

Foreign Government Reports

Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- DOM42423.E - Dominican Republic: Whether common-law relationships are recognized in the Dominican Republic; whether a person who is in a common-law relationship with a citizen of the Dominican Republic can obtain citizenship and the procedure for obtaining citizenship - April 16, 2004

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Maps

University of Texas at Austin - Map Collection

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Medical Availability

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

World Health Organization Page

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Political Figures and Parties

US Government Reports

Congressional Research Service - Sept. 2022, Dec. 2021

Foreign Government Reports

Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- DOM43116.FE - Dominican Republic: Treatment of members of the Reformist Social Christian Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) before and during the elections. - Nov. 2004
- DOM42023.FE - Dominican Republic: Whether a well-known member of the Morado Party (Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana, PLD) was killed by a bodyguard of President Hipolito Mejia when demonstrators surrounded and attacked a procession that included the president's vehicle, and whether security forces dispersed the demonstrators (December 2001). - Sept. 2003

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