Without the necessary documents, these people cannot access public services that are vital to ensuring a life of dignity in a civilised society. They will suffer even greater discrimination. These women and men have contributed to the growth and development of the society and economy in which they now live.

The Committee is proposing a campaign to boycott tourism to the Dominican Republic, until the issue of Dominican-Haitians is resolved and proposes a broader discussion of this issue within PSI.

The meeting was organized with the support of the AFL-CIO Center for Solidarity and gathered representatives from the Southern Cone, Brazil, the Andean countries, Central America, the Caribbean and the USA, the Interamerican Institute for Racial Equality (Instituto Interamericano para la Igualdad Racial – INSPIR), the National Union School (Escuela Nacional Sindical – ENS), the Afro-Colombian Labour Council (Consejo afrocolombiano del Trabajo – CLAF) and the PSI LGBT Committee.

The meeting discussed the monitoring of the Plan of Action adopted in Cartagena, the violations of the rights of Dominican-Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic, the OAS Convention against all forms of discrimination, the ratification and implementation of ILO Convention 111 and the need for stronger partnerships with other organisations.

For more information:

• Download PSI's Declaration on the rights of Dominican-Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic

Read on-line:

• the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Press Release
• Trinidad Express : Caricom pressure for DR on citizen crisis
• Miami Herald: Caribbean leaders consider sanction against the Dominican Republic