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Continue the defence and promotion of its cultural heritage

Increase efforts to implement the 2019 National Reconciliation Framework

Continue strengthening national human rights institutions

Consider the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Strengthen social protection floors catering for the vulnerable and marginalized groups in society

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Continue with programmes to address and work on the elimination of violence against women

Decriminalize abortion and legalize it in cases of rape, incest and foetal impairment

Continue advancing in measures to prevent and effectively combat hate speech with racist content

Consider adopting national legislation for recognizing the refugee status and establishing procedures for refugee protection

Guarantee that the rights of transmission of nationality to descendants and spouses are applied with a gender perspective

Consider expediting the appointment of head of the Office of the Ombudsperson of the Nation, in compliance with the Paris Principles

Take all necessary measures to reduce the gender pay gap and address occupational gender segregation

Continue efforts to combat gender-based violence, child sexual abuse and exploitation

Continue efforts to protect women and children against human trafficking

Strengthen implementation of its anti-human trafficking efforts, particularly through its National Action Plan

Continue to allocate funds for the development of inclusive education, including for the children of irregular migrants

Continue efforts to promote sustainable economic and social development to raise people’s standard of living

Continue efforts for preventing, combating and monitoring all forms of violence and abuse against women and children

Take further steps to continue to improve living standards and to strengthen the social security system

Carry out programmes to raise awareness among the population regarding gender equality

Adopt policies for creating more job opportunities for unemployed youth

Continue to strengthen social protection policies for children and their families, with a specific focus on those in need

Implement a mechanism to ensure the preservation and use of Indigenous languages

Redouble efforts to guarantee greater protection of the human rights of migrants and foreigners

Continue efforts to eliminate all forms of child labour, and continue to offer education opportunities to all

Guarantee equal access for all to comprehensive sexuality education

Change the current minimum age of marriage, to conform with articles 1 and 4 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Improve and expand comprehensive early childhood care and education

Strengthen protection against discrimination by private actors against persons with disabilities in the Disability Discrimination Act

Enhance legal provisions combating discrimination against women and girls

Continue to implement the “Housing for All” policy to realize Sustainable Development Goal 11

Continue the expansion of access to education, especially at the primary and secondary levels

Adopt measures to reduce unemployment

Continue efforts to effectively implement the integrated plan for child development

Protect and ensure the rights of persons belonging to religious minorities

Amend the Code of Military Justice and other relevant texts in order to prohibit the arraignment of civilians before military justice

Scale up efforts to combat racism, racial discrimination and racial profiling

Continue efforts and initiatives to improve the functioning of the justice system

Adopt further effective measures to improve women’s political participation and provide training and support to women candidates

Continue ongoing efforts to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities

Ensure the effective implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act

Continue its efforts to make education accessible for all, especially girls and others in vulnerable situations

Strengthen the existing legal framework to adequately address and prevent sexual harassment

Implement recommendations concerning the detention of undocumented migrants

Continue its efforts to combat hate crimes, by taking effective measures to deter hate speech and racism

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Ratify the Convention against Discrimination in Education

Accede to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Encourage the empowerment and participation of women in political life

118.108 Support, through economic and social policies, the institution of the family and the preservation of family values (Haiti);

Continue taking steps to address gender-based violence, including through stringent punishments for perpetrators

Strictly enforce anti-slavery laws and combat discrimination against descendants of former slaves

Beef up measures to fight early child marriage and female genital mutilation

Modify current legislation to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings

Promote the necessary legislative changes to prevent, reduce and solve cases of statelessness in its territory

Comply with the judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the recommendations formulated by other States in past universal periodic review cycles to implement a legal framework on the effective restitution of nationality to Dominicans of Haitian descent and to develop a national registry to identify stateless persons or those at risk of becoming stateless

Maximize efforts to tackle the issue of statelessness

Restore the Dominican nationality of all persons affected by Constitutional Court judgment No. C168-13 and adopt all necessary legal and practical measures to prevent and reduce cases of statelessness, including by considering accession to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Prevent and reduce statelessness, especially by implementing Act No. 169-14, which provides for the registration of those applying for citizenship and recognizes the right of those born in the Dominican Republic before 26 January 2010 to obtain citizenship, including those in group B under the Act whose births have so far not been registered in the Dominican Republic

Take steps to protect the fundamental rights of all individuals born in the Dominican Republic, including the offspring of undocumented foreigners who have not yet received their Dominican nationality as stipulated by Act No. 169-14 and who may be still at risk of becoming stateless as a consequence of Constitutional Court judgment No. C168-13

Provide fair judicial processes regarding the issuance of identity and citizenship documents to eliminate deportations of legal residents, legal migrants and persons with a credible claim to Dominican citizenship

Resolve human rights issues resulting from the absence of migrant documentation by finalizing, publishing and implementing the protocol for implementation of the National Plan for the Regularization of Foreign Nationals, in consultation with civil society, and at the earliest possible date

Ensure the compatibility of the constitutional framework on migration with international standards regarding nationality, and amend the 2004 migration law accordingly

Maintain their efforts in promoting and protecting human rights and pursue the ongoing high-level negotiations with the two neighbouring countries to identify solutions to resolve illegal migration

Ensure that the naturalization process is adequately resourced to ensure that all applicants can access fair and timely adjudication of claims to restore their citizenship

Take steps to guarantee the rights of persons who have received temporary non-resident permits under the National Plan for the Regularization of Foreign Nationals

Issue rapidly the documents recognizing Dominican nationality for all members of group A under Act No. 169-14, adopt new legislation recognizing the right of those born in the Dominican Republic before 26 January 2010 to obtain citizenship, and introduce a fast-track naturalization process for persons in group B under Act No. 169-14

Fulfil its obligations under article 18 of the Dominican Constitution, whereby those who enjoyed Dominican nationality prior to the 2010 Constitution coming into effect continue to do so

Fulfil commitments to guarantee the rights of all migrants

Incorporate principles contained within the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families

Strengthen cooperation with the Haitian authorities on migration issues in order to end arbitrary expulsions of workers in violation of the applicable international provisions, in follow-up to the recommendations in paragraphs 98.120, 98.121, 98.122, 98.123 and 98.124 of the report of the Working Group from the second cycle (A/HRC/26/15)

Continue to broaden coverage for the protection of the human rights of persons in situations of human mobility

Adopt the necessary legislative and administrative measures to combat all forms of discrimination in access to nationality for the children of Haitian immigrants born in the country as well as in the situation of Haitian migrants

Deepen the measures aimed at combating discrimination suffered by migrants and their descendants, in particular by guaranteeing their right to nationality and providing the necessary safeguards to prevent statelessness of persons born in the Dominican Republic

Develop, in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, mental health services that do not lead to institutionalization and overmedicalization and that respect the free and informed consent of persons with mental health conditions and psychological disabilities while combating stigma and violence against them

Consider including action lines on persons with disabilities in the National Development Strategy for 2030

Consider including in its National Development Strategy for 2030 the strategic goals integrating persons with disabilities

Continue its efforts to comprehensively protect the rights of children

Take effective measures to reduce violence against children, especially domestic violence, and ensure their access to education

Continue to make progress in incorporating the subject of violence in health regulations regarding comprehensive care for adolescents

Continue its efforts in preventing child labour

Continue the process of implementing labour legislation, especially by eliminating child labour

Provide financial and technical resources to the National Council for Children and Adolescents to enable it to fulfil its mandate, and urgently reform the Civil Code to establish a minimum age for marriage and thus reduce child marriage rates

Implement measures to reduce and, in the future, to neutralize the problem of unregistered children under the age of five

Continue to promote policies that allow persons to effectively register births in a non-discriminatory manner

Strengthen the institutional framework for birth registration to ensure that all persons born in the Dominican Republic are promptly registered

Further strengthen the National Council for Children and Adolescents and provide it with sufficient financial and technical resources to fulfil its mandate

Redouble efforts and adopt effective measures to eradicate violence and discrimination against women and girls

Conduct thorough, independent and impartial investigations into femicide, ensuring that the perpetrators are brought to justice and guaranteeing reparation for victims and their families for the harm suffered

Continue its efforts to eliminate violence against women and domestic violence

Increase the budget allocation for the institutional mechanisms for the defence of women’s rights and the fight against gender violence and thus advance in the fight against the impunity of perpetrators

Invest more efforts into promoting the rights of women to life without violence, and build general support for a comprehensive law on the prevention, punishment and eradication of violence against women, allocating more funds to the Ministry of Women for these purposes

Continue implementing measures to address gender-based violence in a responsive and holistic manner

Redouble efforts to eliminate violence against women, taking note of the persistently high number of femicides in the country

Continue and intensify action to protect women’s rights, including against domestic and gender-based violence, and further promote gender equality

Expedite the adoption of the draft bill on violence against women along with a national plan of action to prevent and combat violence against women, and strengthen capacity of the Ministry of Women, as a coordinating body, to allow for their full implementation

Adopt a law that guarantees access to justice for women victims of violence

Initiate an advocacy strategy in the form of a national action plan aimed at preventing violence against women

Continue its efforts in preventing gender-based violence

Urgently approve the bill creating a comprehensive system against violence against women and assign the necessary funding for its implementation

Allocate adequate resources to fully implement the national action plan on violence against women

Ensure that women are effectively protected from violence and are fully entitled to their sexual and reproductive health and rights, especially by approving the reform of the Criminal Code decriminalizing abortion in certain cases

Undertake efforts aimed at strengthening institutional capacity to fight against domestic violence, violence against women and femicide

Take effective measures to protect girls and adolescents from early marriage, sexual exploitation and teenage pregnancy, including by investigating and prosecuting all acts of sexual violence against women and girls, and providing training to national and local law enforcement officials as well as personnel working in the tourism sector

Continue its efforts to promote gender equality and support women’s participation in decision-making positions

Develop long-term strategies to overcome stereotyped views on the role and position of women

Continue the effective implementation of its public policies and programmes dedicated to the promotion of women’s rights, and combat gender violence

Undertake training to promote the economic and political empowerment of women, as well as educational awareness programmes with a view to combating stereotypes and gender discrimination from an early age

Continue efforts to increase the participation of women in the political system and eliminate all forms of discrimination against women

Strengthen efforts to tackle all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls

Continue to conduct programmes to promote human rights awareness among the public

Continue to provide support to educational institutes to ensure that children and teenagers can access State-sector educational institutions

Implement the strategy for comprehensive sexual education in an effective manner through the training of public and private teachers and allocate the necessary funding for its implementation

Take appropriate measures to reintegrate those children exposed to labour exploitation into educational institutions in line with its National Strategic Plan against Child Labour

Promote targeted education for girls with a view to increasing their social inclusion and reducing unwanted pregnancies