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Dominican Republic

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Overview

Dominican Republic is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for Central America and Dominican Republic (RO-CADR). Established in 2007, the office promotes and protects human rights by monitoring human rights situations and providing technical assistance and advisory services to the State, national institutions, and civil society.

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News & Statements

Latest news

28 Sep 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Albania, Andorra, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein and Togo

22 Sep 2023

Treaty bodies

Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Fourth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Albania, Andorra, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein and Togo

12 Sep 2023

Special Procedures

Dominican Republic: UN experts condemn detention and deportation of pregnant and postpartum Haitian women

01 Sep 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Child Rights Committee to review Albania, Dominican Republic, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Kyrgyzstan and Togo

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Latest statements & messages

18 May 2017

End of mission statement of the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, on her visit to the Dominican Republic (8-15 May 2017)

08 Mar 2017

Multiple Mechanisms

High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his Office and recent human rights developments

13 Sep 2016

Multiple Mechanisms

Opening Statement by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council

29 Oct 2007

Special Procedures

United Nations Experts on racism and minority issues call for recognition, dialogue and policy to combat the reality of racial discrimination in the Dominican Republic

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/54/26/Add.3: Visit to the Dominican Republic - Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Claudia Mahler

A/HRC/37/60/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, on her visit to the Dominican Republic - Note by the Secretariat

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CCPR/C/DOM/CO/6: Human Rights Committee: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the Dominican Republic

E/C.12/DOM/CO/4: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of the Dominican Republic

CRPD/C/DOM/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of the Dominican Republic

CRC/C/DOM/CO/3-5: Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of the Dominican Republic

CEDAW/C/DOM/CO/6-7: Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of the Dominican Republic

CERD/C/DOM/CO/13-14: Concluding observations on the thirteenth and fourteenth periodic reports of the Dominican Republic, adopted by the Committee at its eighty-second session

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures

External Resources

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48

Field

OHCHR Regional Office for Central America (ROCA)
Ciudad del Saber, Casa 136 A-B
Clayton, Panama City, Panama
Tel. +507 302 4706
Email: pregionaloffice@ohchr.org
Website

Photo credit: EPA/Orlando Barria

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