A/HRC/7/19/Add.5 A/HRC/7/23/Add.3 Page 33 Recommendations of a general nature 132. The situation of multiple discrimination facing minority women, particularly those who are black or of Haitian heritage, presents specific challenges, including in the fields of education, employment and housing, which require targeted attention and dedicated resources within relevant ministries and local and regional authorities. The Government should take immediate steps to eliminate the gender bias in the Migration Law that denies Dominican women the ability to pass their nationality on to their children unless the father is Dominican. All women should have equal rights to work, including those whose status is dependent on their migrant husband. 133. The Government should fully implement the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. 134. The experts urge the Government to fully conform with its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child for all children, irrespective of nationality, race or ethnic origin. Particular attention in this regard should be paid to children in vulnerable circumstances including those living in the bateyes or plantations, or otherwise in conditions of poverty and disadvantage. 135. The experts recognize the human, cultural, economic and social complexities and tensions inherent in the historical legacy, the sharing of a border and the different levels of development and political stability between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. They also note the positive measures taken by the Dominican authorities in the area of humanitarian assistance including, for example, the provision of health-care facilities to Haitian migrants. They believe that the promotion of the following principles may contribute not only to the solving of the actual problems but to the strengthening of the relations between the two countries and people: the centrality of their profound and lasting interdependence through geography, history and people; the historical truth based on a joint work of memory; shared political responsibility; reciprocal knowledge of values and cultures; human and cultural interactions between people; recognition and respect of cultural and ethnic diversity; and full adherence and respect of international and regional human rights instruments. The experts call upon the international community to fully support a process of mutually beneficial development. 136. Taking into account the requirement of mandate holders to identify possibilities for technical cooperation by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the experts recommend the Government to support the establishment of an OHCHR presence within the United Nations Country Team in Santo Domingo. -----