Upholding birthright citizenship in the Dominican Republic
By: WOODING, Bridget
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ArticlePublisher: Stockholm : Institute of Latin Amercian Studies, Stockholm University, 2014Iberoamericana: nordic journal of latin american and caribbean studies 44, 1-2, p. 99-120Abstract: This article is chiefly based on the author's research and lived experiences on the ground in Santo Domingo, heading up a centre for Applied Research on Migrations and Social Development in the Caribbean (OBMICA), which advocates in favour of migrants and their families, as a key factor for development, the strengthening of democracy and incluse citizenship. An initial section summaries the sequel to Sentence 168-13, understood as a "focusing event", and sets the scene for the three parallel processes with which civil society actores have had to engage since September 2013. Three subsequent sections discuss these three respective processes against the back drop of a "culture of disbelief". A final section looks at the perspectives for advancing the rights of migrants and theis descendants, building on the lessons from the previous two years
This article is chiefly based on the author's research and lived experiences on the ground in Santo Domingo, heading up a centre for Applied Research on Migrations and Social Development in the Caribbean (OBMICA), which advocates in favour of migrants and their families, as a key factor for development, the strengthening of democracy and incluse citizenship. An initial section summaries the sequel to Sentence 168-13, understood as a "focusing event", and sets the scene for the three parallel processes with which civil society actores have had to engage since September 2013. Three subsequent sections discuss these three respective processes against the back drop of a "culture of disbelief". A final section looks at the perspectives for advancing the rights of migrants and theis descendants, building on the lessons from the previous two years
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