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The proposed U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which ignores workplace discrimination, will allow these abuses to persist.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news-filter/62">More news »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-region-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-taxonomy-landing-page-panel-pane-2 pane-taxonomy-reports"> <h2 class="pane-title">Reports</h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-panel_pane_2 view-taxonomy-reports view-dom-id-3"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/04/21/united-states-dominican-republic-central-america-free-trade-agreement-falls-short">The United States-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement Falls Short on Workers' Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-reportsynopsis-subtitle-value"> <span class="field-content">Written Testimony Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-reportsynopsis-cover-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/07/12/test-inequality-0">A Test of Inequality</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-reportsynopsis-subtitle-value"> <span class="field-content">Discrimination against Women Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-reportsynopsis-cover-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/07/12/test-inequality-0" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h imagecache-linked imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h_linked"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430231555im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-crop-200w-133h/media/images/report-covers/b1604_.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h"/></a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/04/04/illegal-people">"Illegal People"</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-reportsynopsis-subtitle-value"> <span class="field-content">Haitians And Dominico-Haitians In The Dominican Republic</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-reportsynopsis-cover-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/by-issue/publications/62">More >></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-region-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-taxonomy-landing-page-panel-pane-4 pane-taxonomy-news-listing"> <h2 class="pane-title">Dominican Republic</h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-panel_pane_4 view-taxonomy-news-listings view-dom-id-4"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news/2005/07/26/dr-cafta-falls-short-workers-rights">DR-CAFTA Falls Short on Workers’ Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 26, 2005</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The U.S. House of Representatives will likely vote before the end of this week on the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). The House should reject the accord for falling short on workers' human rights because it does not require countries to protect women workers from discrimination or to have laws that meet international labor standards.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news/2004/07/12/dominican-republic-women-hiv-doubly-abused">Dominican Republic: Women with HIV Doubly Abused</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 12, 2004</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Women in the Dominican Republic are routinely subjected to involuntary HIV testing, and those who test positive are fired and denied adequate healthcare, Human Rights Watch said in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/dr0704/">a report</a> released today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news/2004/06/13/cafta-topic-women">CAFTA: A Topic for Women</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 13, 2004</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">It is not necessary to be an anti-globalization activist to worry about the trade negotiations between Peru and the United States.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news/2004/05/24/dominican-republic-discriminates-against-women-hiv">Dominican Republic Discriminates Against Women with HIV</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 24, 2004</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In January 2004, Human Rights Watch conducted research in the Dominican Republic on human rights violations suffered by women living with HIV. We documented violations of the rights to bodily integrity, nondiscrimination, the highest attainable standard of health, work, information on health, and privacy.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news/2004/04/21/dominican-republic-us-trade-pact-fails-pregnant-women">Dominican Republic: U.S. Trade Pact Fails Pregnant Women</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 21, 2004</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Women who become pregnant are routinely fired from jobs and shut out of employment in the Dominican Republic’s export-processing sector, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. The proposed U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which ignores workplace discrimination, will allow these abuses to persist.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news/2002/04/30/deported-because-skin-color-dominican-republic">Deported Because of Skin Color in The Dominican Republic</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 30, 2002</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Targeted because their skin color is often darker, "Haitian-looking" people are frequently deported to Haiti within hours of their detention, causing families to be separated and children to be left behind. Suspected undocumented Haitians - including Dominicans of Haitian descent - have no fair opportunity to challenge their expulsion. Released on April 4, "'Illegal People': Haitians and Dominico-Haitians in the Dominican Republic," calls on the Dominican Republic to revise its deportation policies to ensure due process and to avoid race-based discrimination, to recognize the citizenship of Dominicans of Haitian descent, and to allow Haitian children to attend Dominican schools.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news/2002/04/03/dominican-republic-deportations-conducted-unfairly">Dominican Republic: Deportations Conducted Unfairly</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 3, 2002</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Dominican Republic should revise its deportation policies to ensure due process and to avoid race-based discrimination, Human Rights Watch urged in a new <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430231555/http://hrw.org/reports/2002/domrep/">report</a> released today. Human Rights Watch also called on the government to protect Dominicans of Haitian descent from deportation, consistent with the constitution's rule of citizenship by birth.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news/1999/01/26/political-unrest-dominican-republic">Political Unrest in the Dominican Republic</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 26, 1999</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch condemned police shootings in the Dominican Republic and called on President Leonel Fernández to order immediate investigations of the violence in the capital.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430231555/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430231555/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-6"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430231555/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130430231555/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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