27 that they were living in the Dominican Republic legally, how long they had been in the country, that they 111 had family ties with Dominican nationals, or their work status in the country. 131. Later, in its 2002 follow-up report on the situation of human rights in the country, the Commission observed with concern that the practice of mass deportations continued. The report states that on January 24, 2001, the Director General of Migration, Trajano Moreta Cuevas, had said that 14,000 Haitians were repatriated in 2000 alone, and an estimated one million Haitians without documents were currently residing on Dominican soil. Various sources told the Commission that around 9,000 Haitians were deported in 2001. The IACHR also expressed concern over the fact that expulsions were carried out in a violent manner, before Haitians workers could collect their wages and contact their families. The Commission concluded that the expulsions were being carried out in direct contravention of the guidelines 112 set down in the Bi-national Agreement on Conditions of Deportation, adopted in December 1999. 132. More recently, exercising its authorities under Article 41 of the American Convention, the Commission asked the State to provide information on how the procedures followed to expel Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian origin were conducted. As of the date of approval of this report, the State has not supplied that information. 133. For its part, the Inter-American Court has written that “[t]he Dominican Republic has deported Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian origin irrespective of their migratory status in the country. In such cases, the decisions have been taken without any prior investigation procedure. In some cases in 113 the 1990s, these deportations included many thousands of persons.” 134. The international mechanisms for the protection of human rights have closely monitored the massive deportations of Haitians and Dominican-Haitians from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. The Human Rights Committee expressed concern at the continuing reports of mass expulsions of ethnic Haitians, even when such persons are nationals of the Dominican Republic. It held that the Dominican Republic should guarantee the right of every Dominican national not to be expelled from the country and ensure that all persons facing deportation proceedings are covered by the safeguards established in the 114 Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 135. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination also expressed concern at: a) information received according to which migrants of Haitian origin, whether documented or undocumented, are allegedly detained and subject to collective deportations (“repatriations”) to Haiti 115 without any guarantee of due process; b) reports alleging that Dominicans of Haitian descent, who are holders of a birth certificate, identity cards and electoral identity documents have had their identity documents confiscated and destroyed, or have been denied copies of these documents on the grounds of 116 their ethnic origin; and c) allegations of discriminatory or vexatious conduct towards dark-skinned 111 IACHR, Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Dominican Republic. OEA/Ser.L/V/II.104, Doc. 49 rev. 1, October 7, 1999, paragraphs 325-327. 112 Annex 55. Follow-up of the Recommendations Formulated by the IACHR in Its Reports on the Situation of Human Rights in Member States, Dominican Republic, Chapter V, Annual Report 2001, approved by the IACHR at its 114th regular session, February 25 to March 15, 2002, paragraph 89. 113 I/A Court H.R., Case of the Girls Yean and Bosico v. Dominican Republic. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of September 8, 2005. Series C No. 130, paragraph 109.10. 114 Annex 56. UN, Human Rights Committee, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 40 of the Covenant. Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee, CCPR/CO/71/DOM, April 26, 2001, paragraph 16. 115 UN, Committee on the Elimination of Racial discrimination, 72nd session, CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION. Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, CERD/C/DOM/CO/12, May 16, 2008, paragraph 13. 116 UN, Committee on the Elimination of Racial discrimination, 72nd session, CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION. Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, CERD/C/DOM/CO/12, May 16, 2008, paragraph 16.