As reported, the Parliament in Haiti has voted in favor of the Convention to Reduce Statelessness 1961. As reported, the ruling could exempt the government of Haiti from responsibility in granting Haitian nationality to its citizens born abroad.
The international conventions have the goal of reducing the stateless status that many Haitians endure, primarily due to deficiencies within the Haitian government in providing identity documentation. Most people in Haiti do not have legal identity.
The convention indicates that if the children cannot obtain the nationality of their parents they may acquire the nationality of the country where they are born.
Thousands of Haitians have sought to regularize their status in the Dominican Republic under the National Foreigner Legalization Plan (PNRE) but have not been able to complete the process because the government of Haiti has delayed issuing Haitian identity documents.
Read more:
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/statelessness.pdf
http://www.acnur.org/noticias/noticia/acnur-celebra-la-decision-de-haiti-sobre-apatridia/
27 March 2017
