President Danilo Medina received the 13-member OAS Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Thursday 5 December and listened to their presentation for an hour and a half. Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo, acting Minister of Foreign Relations Jose Manuel Trullols, and legal advisor to the President Cesar Pina Toribio were also present at the session.
The IACHR representatives were Jesus Orozco, Tracy Robinson, Rosa Maria Ortiz, Felipe Gonzalez, Dinah Shelton, Rose Marie Belle-Antoine, Emilio Alvarez Icaza, Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Catalina Botero Navarro, Sofia Galvan, Maria Isabel Rivero and Daniel Cima. Following the visit, the commissioners said they would give a press conference today, Friday 6 December.
The commissioners have spent most of their time examining cases of people affected by the disposition, organized by local campaign groups such as reconoci.do, as reported in the press.