CHAPTER 5 | INTOLERANCE, THREATS, AND INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS WHO DEFEND THE RIGHT OF DOMINICANS OF HAITIAN DESCENT TO NATIONALITY AND TO NON-DISCRIMINATION 193 A. General considerations 193 B. Freedom of expression under the Constitution and the law 198 C. Principal concerns and standards for journalists, attorneys, human rights defenders, and other public figures who have expressed opposition to Constitutional Court judgment TC/0168/13 199 Conclusions and recommendations 203 D. CHAPTER 6 | HAITIAN MIGRANTS, IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS, AND DUE PROCESS 207 A. General considerations on the immigration phenomenon in the Dominican Republic 207 B. The Constitution and the law on the subject of immigration 212 C. Principal concerns and standards regarding migrants’ effective enjoyment of their human rights 215 D. 1. 1. 3. The general human rights situation of Haitian migrants Immigration operations and due process: detention and deportation National Plan to regularize the status of foreigners in an irregular migratory situation Conclusions and recommendations 216 226 233 240