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E/C.12/DOM/CO/4 73. The Committee requests the State party to submit its fifth periodic report, prepared in accordance with the guidelines for the submission of reports adopted by the Committee in 2008 (E/C.12/2008/2), by 31 October 2021. It also invites the State party to submit its core document, prepared in accordance with the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties (HRI/GEN.2/Rev.6, chapter I). GE.16-18306 13

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Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of the Dominican Republic

Concluding Observations

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Dominican Republic

Rights Involved

Right to adequate housing
Right to adequate standard of living
Right to education
Right to health
Right to social security
Right to work
Rights of migrants/non-citizens
Rights of persons with disabilities
Rights of the child
Rights of women and girls

Issue

Accountability
Non-discrimination
Participation
Progressive realization
Resource allocation
Resource expenditure
Resource generation
Transparency

International Human Rights Body

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Date: Oct 21, 2016

Summary: In their Concluding Observations of the Dominican Republic, the CESCR provides recommendations to the State party to take measures to address discrimination, promote gender equality and the range of ESCR, and allocate sufficient budgetary resources toward these ends. On fiscal policy, the Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to ensure that its tax policy is effective, progressive and socially just with a view to combating economic inequalities and increasing the availability of resources for the realization of economic, social and cultural rights. The Committee urges the State party to make a determined effort to combat tax evasion and tax fraud. It also recommends that both fiscal policy reforms and budget allocation procedures be conducted in a transparent and participatory manner.

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