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29 September 2025
DOMINICA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Dominica: Population
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
13 October 2017
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Dominica. VIII Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 2024.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
13 March 2025
Accessed Date:
28 August 2025
Title:
Dominica. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
2 September 2025
Accessed Date:
16 September 2025
Title:
Dominica. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 January 2023
Accessed Date:
28 August 2025
Title:
Présentation de la Dominique
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
15 December 2020
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Dominica. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
Accessed Date:
15 September 2025
Title:
Dominica. Freedom in the World 2024.
Accessed Date:
28 August 2025
Title:
Dominica. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
15 September 2025
Title:
Dominica. Chapter IV.A: Situation of Human Rights in the Region. Annual Report 2024.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
8 May 2025
Accessed Date:
28 August 2025
Title:
Dominica. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
National report submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21: Dominica
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/47/DMA/1
Date of Document:
19 August 2024
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Dominica: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/47/DMA/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
14 August 2024
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Dominica
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/47/DMA/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
19 August 2024
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Commonwealth of Dominica Citizenship Act (amended 1991)
Accessed Date:
14 March 2017
Title:
Aspects of Registration of Births & Deaths, Chapter 35:30 of the revised Laws of Dominica (1990) Explained
Source:
Dominica. Bureau of Gender Affairs.
Date of Document:
January 2003
Author:
Gloria Septra Augustus
Accessed Date:
14 March 2017
Title:
Comparative regional report on citizenship law: Anglophone Caribbean
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
1 February 2021
Title:
Dominica. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
16 September 2025
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Dominica: House of Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Gender-Based Violence Country Profile: Dominica
Date of Document:
June 2023
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Sexual Offences Act 1, 1998
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act, 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
The gendered impacts of Tropical Storm Erika and Hurricane Maria in Dominica. Advancing gender equality in environmental migration and disaster displacement in the Caribbean.
Source:
United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Author:
Amelia Bleeker et al.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Progress in the Caribbean as Dominica Decriminalizes Same-Sex Relations
Source:
Outright International
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Eastern Caribbean.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
3 September 2025
Accessed Date:
16 September 2025
Title:
Dominica. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems - (No items in this section)
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Dominica. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Johannesburg. Faculty of Law.
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Dominica. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2024. Volume II: Annual Report of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
3 March 2025
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Dominica. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race - (No items in this section)
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: The rights of citizens in countries belonging to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Economic Union to residence, employment and education in other OECS Economic Union countries (2013-December 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 December 2017
Accessed Date:
12 January 2018
Title:
Frequently Asked Questions
Source:
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: 3rd Cycle, 33rd Session
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
October 2018
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 May 2024:
Title:
Dominica. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
15 November 2021
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/dominica/
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
Title:
Dominica. Freedom in the World 2021.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/dominica/freedom-world/2021
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Dominica. Chapter IV.A: Human Rights Development in the Region. Annual Report 2020.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2020/Chapters/IA2020cap.4A-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Dominica
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/33/DMA/1
Date of Document:
18 February 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/33/DMA/1
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/33/DMA/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
22 February 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/33/DMA/2
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Dominica
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/33/DMA/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
18 February 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/33/DMA/3
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Dominica. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Dominica.html
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
About parliament. Dominica: House of Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/node/50/basic-information/about-parliament?chamber_id=13378
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
Title:
Eastern Caribbean Country Security Report
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
11 August 2021
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/c6978ae5-3608-45ca-9900-1c4b57c0cfd6
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Dominica. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/dominica
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression: Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2020, vol.2
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II.Doc.28
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
URL:
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/expression/reports/ENGIA2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
Title:
Dominica. International Religious Freedom Report for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/dominica/
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Les Petites Antilles. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
URL:
http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/cartes/Les_Petites_Antilles/1306012
Accessed Date:
2 November 2012
Title:
Dominica. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2020
URL:
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2018-2019/americas/dominica.html
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Concluding observations in the absence of the initial report of Dominica
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
24 April 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/CCPR/C/DMA/COAR/1
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Human Rights Committee asks Dominica about the use of force against political opposition and the infringement on the right of peaceful assembly
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25709&LangID=E
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Election results. Dominica: House of Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/node/50/elections/election-results?chamber_id=13378
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
Title:
Dominica. Caribbean Gender Based Violence Laws.
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
URL:
http://caribbean.unwomen.org/en/caribbean-gender-portal/caribbean-gbv-law-portal/gbv-country-resources/dominica
Accessed Date:
14 March 2016
Title:
Dominica. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
URL:
https://www.genderindex.org/wp-content/uploads/files/datasheets/2019/DM.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 November 2021
Title:
Dominica. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
URL:
https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Constitutional challenge to Dominica's laws criminalising LGBTQ people: Questions & Answers
Source:
HIV Legal Network
Date of Document:
18 July 2019
URL:
https://www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/download/17891/
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
“I Have to Leave to Be Me”: Discriminatory Laws against LGBT People in the Eastern Caribbean
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 March 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/03/21/i-have-leave-be-me/discriminatory-laws-against-lgbt-people-eastern-caribbean
Accessed Date:
2 November 2021
Title:
Dominica. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/dominica
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Dominica. VIII Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 2024.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
13 March 2025
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2024/annex/IA2024_REDESCA_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
28 August 2025
Title:
Dominica. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 January 2023
URL:
https://www.issa.int/sites/default/files/documents/2024-10/Dominica.pdf
Accessed Date:
28 August 2025
Title:
Dominica. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/dominica
Accessed Date:
15 September 2025
Title:
Dominica. Freedom in the World 2025.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/dominica/freedom-world/2025
Accessed Date:
15 September 2025
Title:
Gender-Based Violence Country Profile: Dominica
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/624d2042-0483-4857-bcf3-6036d496b6db/content
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Sexual Offences Act 1, 1998
URL:
https://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/1998/act1-1998.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Progress in the Caribbean as Dominica Decriminalizes Same-Sex Relations
Source:
Outright International
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
URL:
https://outrightinternational.org/press-release/progress-caribbean-dominica-decriminalizes-same-sex-relations
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Dominica. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/country/dominica
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Frequently Asked Questions
Source:
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
URL:
https://www.oecs.org/who-we-are/faq
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
Title:
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: 3rd Cycle, 33rd Session
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
October 2018
URL:
https://www.refworld.org/policy/upr/unhcr/2019/en/122604?prevPage=/node/122604
Accessed Date:
29 August 2025
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