FL S0482

Urges U.S. Congress to encourage the Dominican Republic to reinstate citizenship for approximately 220,000 people of Haitian descent who were stripped of Dominican citizenship by Constitutional Tribunal ruling No. 168-13 in September 2013

Notes that the Dominican ruling retroactively nullified citizenship for individuals born to Haitian parents in the Dominican Republic after 1929, contradicting the country's previous constitution and Inter-American Court of Human Rights rulings

Criticizes Naturalization Law No. 169-14, which created a path to regain citizenship but resulted in over 100,000 people remaining stateless due to poor implementation and a February 2015 deadline that only 8,755 of 110,000 eligible individuals met

Highlights that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found both the tribunal ruling and portions of the naturalization law violate the American Convention on Human Rights

Requests copies of the memorial be sent to the U.S. President, Senate President, House Speaker, and all members of Florida's congressional delegation