30 | Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Dominican Republic 26. 27. 28. Of the persons who explained what they believed were the underlying causes of their complaint, 620 attributed their problem to the fact that they were of Haitian descent; 240 blamed their parents’ irregular migratory status; 50 attributed the problem to their own migratory situation, 27 blamed it on the fact that they had a foreign surname, while others attributed their situation to other problems. The Commission is deeply troubled by the fact that 1,843 of those who visited the Commission to provide information said that they had been adversely affected by the Constitutional Court’s judgment TC/0168/13. As a result of the situations denounced, hundreds of persons alleged that they were unable to enjoy some of the rights protected under the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (also known as the “Protocol of San Salvador”) and under the Dominican Republic’s Constitution, such as the right to education (claimed in 620 cases), the right to work (claimed in 332 cases), the right to social security (claimed in 280 cases), and the right to health (claimed in 30 cases). As previously noted, 87% (2,910 communications) of the persons received by the IACHR submitted written documentation. These documents can be divided into three main groups, as follows: GROUP ONE: written communications presented through civil society organizations, adding up to a total of 2,778 communications, accounting for 95.5% of those received. GROUP TWO: communications presented in such a way that they could be classified and registered with the IACHR’s individual petition and case system, which resulted in a total of 28 new petitions, and 2 new petitions that also included requests for precautionary measures. Two separate requests seeking precautionary measures were also classified. Five briefs were received containing additional information related to petitions and precautionary measures already under review. The result was a total of 37 briefs accounting for 1.3% of the written communications received. 29. GROUP THREE: illegible written testimony, notes with no contact information and general correspondence, for a total of 95 communications representing 3.2% of the total received. On December 4, 2013, the Commission’s delegation divided into three groups that visited various places in the southern, northern, eastern and western quadrants of the Dominican Republic. The group that went north was headed by Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco, Commissioner Rosa María Ortiz, and Executive Secretary Emilio Álvarez Icaza L. It visited and met with officials from CESFRONT in Dajabón. They later toured the Dominican side of the border between Dajabón in the Dominican Republic and Juana Méndez in Haiti. At the end of the day, the group traveled to Batey Libertad in Valverde province, where it met with civil society organizations and received testimony from affected persons. Organization of American States | OAS