47
109(29) On March 25, 1999, when the Dominican Republic accepted the contentious
jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court, the children Dilcia Yean and Violeta Bosico
did not have birth certificates of Dominican nationality.68
109(30) On September 8, 1999, owing to the precautionary measures ordered by
the Inter-American Commission in favor of the children Dilcia and Violeta, the State
ordered the Directorate General of Migration to issue “temporary certificates of
residence in the country [to the alleged victims] until their migratory status in the
Dominican Republic ha[d] been examined and defined.”69
109(31) On September 21, 2001, after communicating with officials of the Ministry of
Foreign Relations, Leonidas Oliven Yean and Tiramen Bosico Cofi, accompanied by
Genaro Rincón Miesse, went to the Registry Office of the First Circumscription to
register the birth of their daughters, Dilcia Yean and Violeta Bosico, respectively.
They were not asked to pay any fees in the Registry Office, or to sign documents or
to make a public declaration.70
109(32) On September 25, 2001, the State granted the child Dilcia Oliven Yean a
birth certificate issued by the Civil Status Registry Office of the First Circumscription
of the National District of the Dominican Republic.71
109(33) On September 25, 2001, the State granted the child Violeta Bosico a birth
certificate issued by the Civil Status Registry Office of the First Circumscription of the
National District of the Dominican Republic.72
68
Cf. communication from the Head of Services of the Directorate General of Migration and from
the Head of the International Studies Division of the Dominican Republic addressed to the Inter-American
Commission on September 30, 1999 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 14, tome II, folios
1441 to 1444); extract from the birth certificate of the child Dilcia Oliven Yean issued on September 25,
2001, by the Central Electoral Board, Civil Status Registry Office of the First Circumscription of the
National District of the Dominican Republic (file of attachments to the application, attachment 14, tome
IV, folio 2105), and extract from the birth certificate of the child Violeta Bosico Cofi issued on September
25, 2001, by the Central Electoral Board, Civil Status Registry Office of the First Circumscription of the
National District of the Dominican Republic (file of attachments to the application, attachment 14, tome
IV, folio 2104).
69
Cf. communication from the Head of Services of the Directorate General of Migration and from
the Head of the International Studies Division of the Dominican Republic addressed to the Inter-American
Commission on September 30, 1999 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 14, tome II, folio
1441 to 1444).
70
Cf. letter from the Movimiento de Mujeres Domínico-Hatianas addressed to the Inter-American
Commission on September 28, 2001 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 14, tome IV, folios
2110 to 2111).
71
Cf. extract from the birth certificate of the child Dilcia Oliven Yean issued on September 25,
2001, by the Central Electoral Board, Civil Status Registry Office of the First Circumscription of the
National District of the Dominican Republic (file of attachments to the application, attachment 14, tome
IV, folio 2105), and certificate of declaration of the birth of the child Dilcia Oliven Yean issued on
September 25, 2001, by the Civil Status Registry Office of the First Circumscription of the National
District, Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic (file of attachments to the application, attachment 14,
tome IV, folio 2113; file of attachments to the brief with requests and arguments, attachment 14, folio 90,
and file of attachments to the answer to the application, attachment 18, folio 43).
72
Cf. extract from the birth certificate of the child Violeta Bosico Cofi issued on September 25,
2001, by the Central Electoral Board, Civil Status Registry Office of the First Circumscription of the
National District of the Dominican Republic (file of attachments to the application, attachment 14, tome
IV, folio 2104), and certificate of declaration of the birth of the child Violeta Bosico Cofi issued on
September 25, 2001, by the Civil Status Registry Office of the First Circumscription of the National
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