OBMICA Bulletin September 2024

We are honored to present the latest edition of the OBMICA institutional bulletin, corresponding to September 2024. The publication is available for online reading and PDF download here.

On September 23, 2013, Constitutional Court ruling 168-13 established that only people born in the country to Dominican parents or to people residing legally are considered Dominican citizens. Through this ruling, the Court retroactively stripped citizenship from people born between 1929 and 2010 to parents of Haitian origin with irregular migration status.

CODHES addressed the current situation of the Haitian diaspora and migration flows in Latin America and the Caribbean amid insecurity and violence in Haiti.

Dr. Masaya Llavaneras Blanco shared her research on the role of care in human mobility between Haiti and the Dominican Republic under the MigraSalud Project.

More than a decade after Judgment TC/0168/13, the platform again calls on the Dominican state to intensify efforts to resolve the statelessness crisis affecting Dominicans of Haitian descent.

Awareness sessions in Barahona and San Pedro de Macoris sought to inform and train actors on the new civil status law and promote equitable access to civil registration.

The Dominican@s por Derecho Platform has launched a new version of its website to increase the visibility of its cause and broaden the reach of its activities.