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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a representative constitutional democracy. The president of the Modern Revolutionary Party was elected in July 2020 for a four-year term, the first transfer of power from one party to another in 16 years. Impartial outside observers assessed the elections as generally free, fair, and orderly. Significant human rights violations in the Dominican Republic occurred with the mass expulsion of Haitians and stateless persons of Haitian descent, regardless of their claims to legal status. The government’s closure of the border with Haiti in September 2023 and its subsequent halt on issuing or renewing residency permits, visas, and asylum seeker certificates to Haitian migrants and persons of Haitian descent, including stateless persons, placed already vulnerable populations at increased risk. There were reports that members of the security forces committed some abuses. The government did not take credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.

The overall score indicates that there are substantial risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Government corruption
  • Extensive gender-based violence
  • Trafficking of persons, incl. forced labor
  • Threats of violence against LGBTQI+ persons
  • Existence of some of the worst forms of child labor

For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive).

In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them.

For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table.

The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map.

You can find more details on the methodology here.

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Overall Score

54/100

Global Rights Index

70,0/100 (2)

Human Development Index

76,5/100 (0,765)

Kids Rights Index

69,6/100 (0,696)

Children's Rights in the Workplace Index

55,0/100 (4,5)

Global Slavery Index

56,0/100 (41,0)

Trafficking in persons report

37,5/100 (T2wl)

Global Gender Gap Index

70,4/100 (0,704)

Rule of Law Index

49,0/100 (0,49)

Fragile States Index

49,3/100 (60,8)

Freedom in the World Index

68,0/100 (68)

Environmental Performance Index

47,6/100 (47,6)

Corruption Perceptions Index

35,0/100 (35)

Equality Index

40,0/100 (40)