A/HRC/41/16/Add.1 20. The State takes note of recommendation 94.180. In the Dominican Republic, the basic rights of all foreign nationals are guaranteed. Foreign nationals residing legally in the country, whatever their migration status, are guaranteed the enjoyment of all their rights in accordance with current legislation, without there being a need for additional guarantees. 21. The Dominican Republic takes note of recommendation 94.181. The State ensures fair access to the naturalization process for all those who comply with the relevant legal requirements. For persons in group B under Act No. 169-14, the process is simple, straightforward and quick, and the applications that have been received are currently being processed. The State takes this opportunity to reiterate that the process of receiving applications for naturalization under Act No. 169-14 has already been completed. 22. The State takes note of recommendation 94.184. The Dominican Republic is a social and democratic State that is subject to the rule of law and founded on respect for human dignity and guarantees human rights, which have constitutional status under article 74 (3) of the Constitution. The State guarantees the rights of all migrants, regardless of their migration status. For this reason, the Directorate General of Migration, welcoming decision No. 01-17 of the National Council on Migration, which extends the validity of the documents issued under the national plan for the regularization of the status of foreign nationals by one year, notes the consequences of non-renewal of these documents and gives high priority to the process of renewal and change of migration category and subcategory for the beneficiaries of this plan. 23. It should be noted that the protocol to ensure the effective renewal of such documents was established and implemented over the course of one year in four separate stages, one of which involved publicity. In order to ensure that the process ran smoothly and to raise awareness among the target population, civil society organizations and international bodies participated in the process by helping to drive the publicity campaign and providing support to beneficiaries; in this way, it was possible to reach migrants whose status had been regularized, through various channels, and to give all such persons the opportunity to preserve their migration status by renewing their documents or by changing the migration category that they had been assigned. All of this shows that the State has taken specific measures to protect the rights of migrants and can announce, now that the renewal stage has ended, that more than 209,000 foreign nationals hold the status of legal migrants in the Dominican Republic and that the rights of migrants were respected throughout the process. 24. The Dominican Republic takes note of recommendation 94.185. In the Dominican Republic, due process prevails as a universal rule in both judicial and extrajudicial proceedings. The State does not deport any foreign nationals who are legal residents in the country, nor does it deport foreign nationals who claim to have Dominican roots without conducting appropriate investigations in order to verify the information provided. 25. The Dominican Republic takes note of recommendation 94.186. The State guarantees the fundamental rights of all persons, regardless of their legal status. The State has not identified any persons who may be at risk of becoming stateless as a consequence of Constitutional Court judgment TC/168/13. 4 GE.19-08632