130 | Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Dominican Republic problems, questions about identity, and problems in interpersonal relations that cause damage at all levels.” 310 319. In the Inter-American Court Case of the Girls Yean and Bosico v. the Dominican Republic, the expert report of psychologist Débora E. Soler Munczek following her interview of the girls Dilcia Yean and Violeta Bosico, along with their next of kin, determined that the environment of discrimination and stigmatization against those of Haitian descent residing in the Dominican Republic had permeated the psychological structure not only of the girls Dilcia Yean and Violeta Bosico and their families but also of the community as a whole. The self-esteem and self-perception of the two girls and their conception of trust, personal safety, and the world around them had been affected significantly owing to the environment of discrimination and stigmatization. Even though the families were more relaxed now that they had received birth certificates issued by the State, their fear of deportation persisted. 311 320. In that connection, the Inter-American Court has recognized the situation of vulnerability in which Dominicans of Haitian descent who have been deprived of their Dominican nationality find themselves. The Court has also acknowledged that the absence of a birth certificate has effects on the effective enjoyment of other rights, for example, the right to education, and causes suffering and insecurity for the person affected. 312 Likewise, the Inter-American Court has considered the situation of vulnerability that the State imposed on Dominicans of Haitian descent, owing to the very real fear that they could be expelled from the Dominican Republic, of which they were nationals, owing to the lack of birth certificates, and to the various difficulties they faced to obtain these documents. This caused uncertainty and insecurity among their family members, resulting in a violation of their right to humane treatment, established in Article 5 of the American Convention, in connection with Article 1.1 thereof. 313 321. In this connection, the Commission notes with concern that the measures aimed at arbitrarily denying nationality to Dominicans of Haitian descent and the resulting statelessness of those who did not have another nationality have damaged the psychological integrity of these persons and have at the same time promoted their social ostracism. The historical demographic composition of the bateyes, or of places that were previously bateyes, is a clear reflection of how the social ostracism of Dominicans of Haitian descent and of Haitians has been manifested. 310 311 312 313 CIVOLANI HISCHNJAKOW, Katerina. Vidas Suspendidas: Efectos de la Resolución 012-07 en la población dominicana de ascendencia haitiana [Suspended lives: Effects of Resolution 012-07 on the Dominican population of Haitian descent]. Centro Bonó: Santo Domingo, 2011, p. 76. I/A Court H.R., Case of the Girls Yean and Bosico v. Dominican Republic. Judgment of September 8, 2005. Series C, No. 130, par. 85. I/A Court H.R., Case of the Girls Yean and Bosico v. Dominican Republic. Judgment of September 8, 2005. Series C, No. 130, par. 204. I/A Court H.R., Case of the Girls Yean and Bosico v. Dominican Republic. Judgment of September 8, 2005. Series C, No. 130, pars. 205-206. Organization of American States | OAS