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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. The government took steps in some cases to prosecute and punish officials who committed human rights abuses or corrupt acts, but inconsistent and ineffective application of the law sometimes led to impunity.

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
  • Police violence against LGBTQI+ persons

The overall score indicates that serious violations of human rights happen in this country. Compliance with human rights standards cannot be assumed. High caution should be exercised. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Government corruption
  • Police violence against LGBTQI+ persons

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

55/100

Global Rights Index

70,0/100 (2)

Human Development Index

76,7/100 (0,767)

Kids Rights Index

69,2/100 (0,692)

Children's Rights in the Workplace Index

56,0/100 (4,4)

Global Slavery Index

56,9/100 (43,08)

Trafficking in persons report

62,5/100 (T2)

Global Gender Gap Index

70,3/100 (0,703)

Rule of Law Index

48,0/100 (0,48)

Fragile States Index

47,7/100 (62,8)

Freedom in the World Index

68,0/100 (68)

Environmental Performance Index

42,2/100 (42,2)

Corruption Perceptions Index

30,0/100 (30)

Equality Index

40,0/100 (40)