of statelessness for those at risk8 (see Appendix A). These include: Mexico’s recommendation to respect every person’s right to nationality in accordance with the recommendations of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights and the judgment of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights9; Norway’s recommendation to seek the technical advice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to identify and prevent statelessness, and protect stateless persons, to address the challenges created by the ruling of the Constitutional Court10; and Australia’s recommendation that all rights be restored retroactively to those affected by the Constitutional Court judgment and that they be given prompt and non-discriminatory means to acquire their Dominican Republic citizenship.11 The significant increase in the number of recommendations and recommending states, as well as the content of the recommendations received, is reflective of a further deterioration of human rights protections for Dominicans of Haitian descent between the first and second cycles. 7. The Dominican Republic accepted 3 of the recommendations made during the second cycle, took 9 recommendations under advisement, and did not support 14 of the recommendations.12 For the recommendations taken under advisement, the State declared that it was taking steps to achieve compliance with these but that it was not possible to guarantee immediate compliance. For the recommendations not supported, the State declared that these were based on false premises.13 13 different States made recommendations related to statelessness and the right to a nationality that the Dominican Republic did not support.14 7 of the recommendations not supported mention statelessness, 9 emphasize the State’s obligations to resolve existing situations of statelessness, and 8 relate to discrimination in access to a nationality.15 8. The Dominican Republic accepted the recommendation to consider ratifying the international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a State party,16 and took under advisement recommendations to ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,17 which it had already accepted in the first UPR cycle.18 However, at the time of this report’s submission, the State had not yet ratified these conventions. 8 Id. 9 Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Dominican Republic. A/HRC/26/15. Recommendation 89.112. 10 Id. Recommendation 98.126. 11 Id. Recommendation 98.132. 12 General Assembly. Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Dominican Republic, Addendum. A/HRC/26/15 Add.1 (11 June 2014). https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/dominican_republic/session_18__january_2014/a_hrc_26_15_add.1_e.pdf. 13 Id. 14 Id. 15 Id. 16 Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Dominican Republic. A/HRC/26/15. Recommendation 89.1 17 Id. Recommendations 89.15, 89.16, 89.17 and 89.18. 18 Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Dominican Republic. A/HRC/13/3. Recommendation 88.11. 4