16 and would have to apply with the Central Board of Elections (JCE), which was why they refused to issue 28. a replacement identification document. 76. While case 12.271 was being processed, the State indicated that “according to the investigations conducted, we have been able to establish that [Benito Tide Méndez] is the son of Mrs. Carmen Méndez, identification document No. 020-0009477-7; according to his mother, when he was arrested in Santo Domingo, he did not have documentation; because his father is Haitian and not very fluent in the language, in the repatriation process he was unable to prove his Dominican birth. Accordingly, we have made the necessary arrangements so that, as Dominican law provides, he will be 29 issued the documentation he needs to reside in the country. Subsequently, in a July 26, 2011 communication, the State provided a copy of the long-form birth certificate of Benito Tide Méndez. 2. William Medina Ferreras, Lilia Jean Pierre, Wilda Medina, Luis Ney Medina and Carolina Isabel Medina 77. Mr. William Medina Ferreras was born in Cabral, Barahona, the Dominican Republic, on 30 November 14, 1966. His Dominican identification document bears number 019-0014832-9. Mr. Medina Ferreras lived in Oviedo, Pedernales, the Dominican Republic, for 22 years, where he worked as a 31 farmer. Mr. Medina Ferreras lived with his family, composed of his partner, Ms. Lilia Jean Pierre, born 32 in Jacmel, Haiti, and their three sons, all born in Dominican territory: Wilda (born February 7, 1989), Luis 33 34 35 Ney (born June 4, 1990 ) and Carolina Isabel (born September 21, 1995, and who died in 2004 ). 36 78. In November 1999 or in January 2000, at around 3:00 a.m., nine police officers, seven naval officers and the Perdenales chief of immigration, Maribel Mella, beat on the door of the Medina Ferreras home using rifle butts until Mr. Medina Ferreras opened the door. The officials ordered the Medina Ferreras family out of the house. After the family came outside, a soldier asked, “Are there any more blacks there?” The members of the Medina Ferreras family were forced to walk some two kilometers to the Oviedo prison. They reached the prison at 3:30 a.m. and remained there until 9:00 a.m. the following day, in a facility without bathrooms and very poor conditions. During their detention, the members of the Medina Ferreras family were given nothing to eat or drink and received no medical attention. One soldier tore up the photocopies of the Dominican identification document and birth certificate of William Medina Ferreras. Mr. Medina Ferraras subsequently noticed that the officers were boarding the other detainees onto a truck that was completely covered. He managed to persuade the officers to get him and his family to the border “some other way.” Mr. Medina Ferreras paid 280 pesos in 28 Annex 5. The representatives’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009, p. 20. The State did not contest that information. 29 Annex 6. Report of the Secretariat of State of the Interior and Police. Office of the Director General for Immigration. July 19, 2000, attachment to the brief submitted by the State on August 8, 2000. 30 Annex 7. Photocopy of the identification document of William Medina Ferreras. Annex AD to the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. 31 Annex 8. Electoral identity letter for Lilia Jean No. 00919-321 and Lilian Jean Pierre’s birth certificate No. 67303 from the Republic of Haiti. Attachment to the petitioners’ observations of January 30, 2002. 32 Annex 9. Birth certificate for Wilda Medina Ferreras. Attachment to the petitioners’ observations of January 30, 2002. 33 Annex 10. Birth certificate for Luis Ney Medina Ferreras. Attachment to the petitioners’ observations of January 30, 34 Annex 11. Birth certificate for Carolina Medina Ferreras. Attachment to the petitioners’ observations of January 30, 2002. 2002. 35 Annex 12. The representatives’ observations on the XLVIII and XLIX reports filed by the Dominican State in connection with compliance with the provisional measures ordered by the I/A Court H.R. in the Matter of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian Origin in the Dominican Republic, December 16, 2010. 36 Annex 13. Statement given by Lilia Jean Pierre in the presence of the Human Rights Clinic of Columbia University School of Law. Attachment to the petitioners’ observations of January 30, 2002.