Chapter 1 Introduction | 33 36. 37. 38. 39. 28 29 30 31 32 33 TC/0168/14 and the “Preliminary Observations from the IACHR’s Visit to the Dominican Republic.” 28 After the visit, the IACHR convened four thematic hearings during its 150th ,153rd and 156th regular sessions. The hearings concerned the “Situation of the Right to Nationality of Dominicans of Haitian Descent affected by Denationalization Policies in the Dominican Republic,”29 the “Human Rights Situation of Haitian Migrant Workers and their Families in the Dominican Republic”, 30 and the “Progress and Challenges posed by Law 169/14 in the Dominican Republic” 31and“the Right to Nationality in Dominican Republic” 32. These hearings provided additional and upto-date information on the problems examined in this report. On June 30, 2015, at the request of the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic, 33 the OAS Permanent Council held a special meeting at which the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, Andrés Navarro, delivered a speech to inform on actions taken under the processes of the documentation of nationals and the regularization of migrants in the Dominican Republic. The OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, Permanent Council Chair Neil Parsan, and representatives of OAS missions also made comments. On July 8, 2015, another special meeting of the Permanent Council was held, this time at the request of the Permanent Mission of Haiti. Haiti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lener Renauld, addressed the Permanent Council on the developments unfolding in the situation between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti. In specific, he spoke about the concerns of the Haitian State over the destabilizing effect on the country that mass deportations could have following the completion of the National Regularization Plan for Foreigners in an irregular migratory situation in the Dominican Republic. By the invitation of both the governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and as approved by the Permanent Council of the OAS, a technical mission of the OAS was sent to these countries to gather information on the situation of Haitian migrants. Between July 10 and 14, 2015 the OAS technical mission visited the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Later, on July 29, 2015 at the regular meeting of the Permanent Council, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, introduced the report Dominican Republic. Nota MP-RD-OEA 0742-14: Documento en relación a las Observaciones Preliminares de la visita de la IACHR a la Dominican Republic, presentadas al Consejo Permanente el 19 de febrero de 2014 [Note MP-RD-OEA 0742-14: Document concerning the Preliminary Observations from the IACHR’s Visit to the Dominican Republic], July 22, 2014. th IACHR, 150 Regular Session, March 24, 2014. th IACHR, 150 Regular Session, March 24, 2014. rd IACHR, 153 Regular Session, October 31, 2014. IACHR, 156th regular session, October 23, 2015. This hearing was granted ex officio by the IACHR CARICOM, Preliminary Observations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ (IACHR) Visit to the Dominican Republic: Note from the Permanent Mission of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on behalf of the CARICOM requesting inclusion of the item on the agenda for the regular meeting of the Permanent Council to be held on February 19, 2014. Note OEA No. 05/14. February 12, 2014. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights | IACHR