April 2002 Volume 14, Number 1 (B)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

"ILLEGAL PEOPLE":
Haitians And Dominico-Haitians In The Dominican Republic

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

II. RECOMMENDATIONS

To the government of the Dominican Republic

To the government of Haiti

To the United Nations

To the International Labor Organization

To donor and other governments

III. BACKGROUND

The Haitian and Dominican Populations

A Troubled History

Sugar Production, Haitian Labor, and Economic Development

Racial Prejudice and "Anti-Haitianism"

Flag Burning Scare

International Human Rights Standards

IV. DEPORTATIONS AND MASS EXPULSIONS

Deportees' Case Histories

Mass Expulsions

Numbers of Deportees

The Rules Governing Deportations

Government Claims

Evaluation under International Law

V. CITIZENSHIP AND PROOF OF DOMINICAN IDENTITY

Citizenship by Birth

Obstacles to Registering Births

Individual Cases

International Legal Standards

Claubian Jean Jacques

International Standards

VII. THE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

Inter-American Human Rights System