prevent irreparable harm to persons. Accordingly, this Court considers it essential that both
the State and the Inter-American Commission forward a precise and detailed report,
authenticating the current situation of extreme gravity and urgency to protect each of Mrs.
Pierre’s children from irreparable harm, in relation to the purpose for which these measures
were adopted and, as appropriate, provide grounds for maintaining the measures in their
favor.
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Consequently, this Court considers it appropriate to maintain the measures in favor
of the children of Solange Pierre for an additional period of at least six months as of
notification of this Order, during which time the State must guarantee, using the necessary
means, their life and personal integrity, and to this end it must establish the most
appropriate mechanism to respond to any eventuality relating to their safety and integrity,
in coordination with the designated authority, the working group and the beneficiaries.
D) Regarding the situation of extreme gravity and urgency of Berson Gelin, Antonio Sensión
and William Medina Ferreras
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In its report of February 1, 2012, the State did not provide specific information on
the specific situation of Berson Gelin, Antonio Sensión and William Medina Ferreras.
For their part, the representatives indicated that “[t]he context in which the families
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live has not changed since [their] last brief of November 20, 2011.” Newspaper articles and
reports by civil society confirm that the State continues to carry out arbitrary mass
deportations and expulsions that do not respect due process. The representatives then
referred to the situation of Messrs. Berson Gelin, Antonio Sensión and William Medina
Ferreras, which is described below:
a) Berson Gelin
He has a safe conduct. The representatives stated that he lives with his partner and
three children in the town of Anse-a-Pitre, Haiti. His son, William Gelin, lives in the
Dominican Republic and contact with his son is difficult, because he is afraid that the
immigration officials may again destroy his safe conduct. For this reason, the measure
allowing him to return to the Dominican Republic and be reunited with his son has not
been implemented.
b) Antonio Sensión
Mr. Sensión and his next of kin reside in Dominican Republic. His partner lives with a
daughter and his two granddaughters; the other daughter (both born in Dominican
Republic) lives with her husband and her son. His other grandson died in 2011 due to
lack of access to health care services. The report states that this family lives in the
bateyes, high-risk areas characterized by high rates of crime and a large population of
immigrants, mostly of Haitian origin. The representatives allege that the State has not
ceased its arbitrary mass deportations and expulsions. The raids take place at the
weekend, without due process, and those detained cannot communicate with their
family members. They indicated that there is no complete and comprehensive list of
those detained, which would enable their families to assist them or find them.
Consequently, they affirmed that “in these circumstances, they are at greater risk of
being victims of raids and deportations, due to the extreme brutality of the security
forces in these bateyes.”
c) William Medina Ferreras
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