2014News

Fadul and Rosario accused before ICHR

Organizations that campaign in defense of the rights of Haitians in the Dominican Republic have submitted a formal complaint to the International Court of Human Rights against the Minister of Interior and Police, Jose Ramon Fadul, and the head of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Roberto Rosario Marquez for alleged failure to comply with Law 169-14. According to El Caribe, Rosario said that they have not been officially notified but they are aware that there will be a hearing before the ICHR at the end of this month, October 2014. The JCE head said that next week he would take the documents that show that they have complied with Law 169-14 and Constitutional Court ruling 168-13 to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Rosario stated that Law 169-14 regarding naturalization establishes a special regime for people registered in the Civil Registry in an irregular manner and for those who were born on Dominican soil but who are not registered in this Civil Registry. He added that so far the Ministry of Interior and Police has not sent him a single case of the more than 800 foreigners who have accepted the normalization process because they were not registered in the Civil Registries.