DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Special Decisions or Action Taken Re: Reporting

CESCR E/1992/23

Chapter VI

CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES PURSUANT TO THE COMMITTEE'S REQUEST

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330. At the same meeting, the Committee, having noted that the Government of the Dominican Republic had not responded to its request for the submission of additional information made at its fifth session (E/1991/23, para. 250), decided to adopt the following decision:

"The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights draws the attention of the Government of the Dominican Republic to the concluding observations which it adopted at its fifth session, which included the following statement:

'The information that had reached members of the Committee concerning the massive expulsion of nearly 15,000 families in the course of the last five years, the deplorable conditions in which the families had had to live, and the conditions in which the expulsions had taken place were deemed sufficiently serious for it to be considered that the guarantees in article 11 of the Covenant had not been respected.

The Committee consequently requested an additional report on those issues which called for more detailed development as well as answers to those questions which had been kept pending.'

The Committee notes that its request for an additional report on those issues has not yet evoked a response from the Government. It notes that in the meantime it has received additional information from several sources, including that contained in document E/C. 12/1991/NGO/1, which, if accurate, would give rise to serious concern on the part of the Committee. The Committee thus requests the State party to suspend any actions which are not clearly in conformity with the provisions of the Covenant, and requests the Government to provide additional information to it as a matter of urgency.

The Committee requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations to inform the Government of the Dominican Republic of the Committee's decision as soon as possible."

331. In that connection, the Committee emphasized that the Government of the Dominican Republic might wish to avail itself of the advisory services available from the Centre for Human Rights to assist it in relation to efforts to promote full compliance with the Covenant in the case of the large-scale evictions referred to in the Committee's reports (see also chapter I, draft decision III).

CESCR E/1993/22

Chapter VI

CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES PURSUANT TO THE COMMITTEE'S REQUEST

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201. At the 23^rd meeting, the Committee, having noted that the Government of the Dominican Republic had neither responded to its request for the submission of additional information made clearly at its fifth session (E/1991/23, para. 250) nor to its offer made at the sixth session (E/1992/23, para. 331), and subsequently endorsed by the Economic and Social Council in its decision 1992/261 of 20 July 1992, to send one or two of its members to advise the Government in relation to efforts to promote full compliance with the Covenant in case of the large-scale evictions referred to in the Committee's reports, decided to adopt the following decision:

"The Committee notes again that the additional information referred to in its report on the sixth session, if accurate, gives rise to serious concern on the part of the Committee. The Committee thus repeats its request to the State party to avoid any actions which are not clearly in conformity with the provisions of the Covenant and also repeats its request for the Government to provide additional information to it as a matter of urgency.

"The Committee requests the Secretary-General to inform the Government of its decision as soon as possible."