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ANNEX
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF
RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED
INTOLERANCE, DOUDOU DIÈNE, AND THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON
MINORITY ISSUES, GAY MCDOUGALL, ON THEIR MISSION TO DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC (23 – 29 OCTOBER 2007)
CONTENTS
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Introduction …………………………………………………….
1–4
6
I. GENERAL BACKGROUND …………………….……………
5 – 12
6
A. Historical context…………………………………….
B. Demographic and ethnic composition ………………………
C. International human rights instruments ……………………..
5–7
8–9
10 – 12
6
7
7
II. METHODOLOGY OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED
INTOLERANCE AND THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON
MINORITY ISSUES …………………………………………
13 – 14
8
III. RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION……………..
15 – 50
9
15 – 29
9
30 – 50
12
51 – 87
16
52 – 77
16
78 – 87
22
A. Political and legal strategy of the public
authorities …………………….……………………………
B. Views of civil society and communities
concerned …………………………………………………
IV. ISSUES RELATING TO DOCUMENTATION OF CIVIL
STATUS AND CITIZENSHIP ……………………………….
A. Documentation …………………………………………….
B. Implications of denial or deprivation of civil status
or citizenship ……………………………………………..