Dominican Republic
There are 12 to 15 million stateless people worldwide, making statelessness the most overlooked and under-reported human rights crisis.
Discriminatory laws and policies in the Dominican Republic have stripped Dominicans of Haitian descent of citizenship and deprived them of social services, education and employment.
From the slums of Nairobi to the sugar plantations of the Dominican Republic to the far reaches of Bangladesh, entire communities live without citizenship rights. They are “the stateless”.
Up to a million Haitians, and descendants of Haitians, are being affected by a new law about citizenship in the Dominican Republic. Many could face deportation, despite being born in the country.
Many medical studies on people in developing countries are controversial under US regulations. Is the pharmaceutical industry profiting at the expense of research ethics?
A change to the Dominican Republic's constitution has left many residents of Haitian descent lacking citizenship and in a state of legal limbo.
Dominican human rights activists lobby for government attention to unrecognized Haitian hardships.
A change to the Dominican Republic's Constitution, which denies citizenship to children born to undocumented residents, has put into doubt the legal status of people of Haitian descent.
When Haitians cross into the Dominican Republic to work, they often lack official documents that can help protect them from abuse. That's where Johnny Rivas steps in.
As many as 1 million Haitian migrants have long provided cheap labor in the Dominican Republic. But this often marginalized population faces racism and exploitation.
Nuns open new doors for Dominican sex workers, offering entrepreneurship training and medical assistance.
The victims of shifting borders, politics, or the happenstance of birthplace, the world's 12 million stateless people and their need to become citizens are rising on the international human rights...
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