A/HRC/41/16/Add.1 9. The Dominican Republic is studying the feasibility of promoting a national action plan on business enterprises and human rights, in line with recommendation 94.67. At the end of last year, the Dominican Republic launched its first National Human Rights Plan, which was the product of a series of consultations held at the national level with various sectors of civil society. The Plan provides for specific measures to be taken in this area. 10. The Dominican Republic takes note of recommendations 94.68 to 94.73 and reiterates its commitment to investigating allegations of the excessive use of force, extrajudicial executions, violations committed by the security forces and arbitrary detention. 11. The Inspectorate General and the Internal Affairs Directorate are the oversight bodies of the national police. They are responsible for ensuring strict compliance with the Constitution and the applicable laws and disciplinary regulations, in accordance with articles 31 and 32 of Organic Act No. 590-16 on the National Police; this includes dealing with cases that may involve the excessive use of force by police officers. 12. In order to prevent such cases from arising, the institutional rule within the National Police is that all police officers should receive training on international human rights standards at the Police Training Institute. The following has been achieved in this regard: 14,621 police officers have received training on human rights; 6,688 police officers have received training on the legitimate use of force; 12,536 handbooks on the use of force have been distributed; 12,536 handbooks on community policing have been distributed; 2,783 booklets containing police guidelines have been distributed; and 854 police officers have benefited from the Mobile Teams and Police Modernization Programme. 13. Should such cases arise, the Public Prosecution Service is in charge of investigating them and, where appropriate, bringing them before the competent court. 14. The Dominican Republic takes note of recommendation 94.131. The Ministry of Labour carries out awareness-raising and training activities on a regular basis in the country’s various production sectors and in schools, in order to prevent child labour. 15. The Dominican Republic takes note of recommendations 94.172, 94.173, 94.178, 94.183, 94.187, 94.188, 94.189, 94.190 and 94.191. The circumstances in which Dominican nationality may be acquired are set forth in the Constitution. As regards the situation caused by Constitutional Court judgment TC/168/13, it should be noted that Act No. 169-14 establishes a special regime for persons born in the Dominican Republic who have been registered in the Dominican Civil Registry on an irregular basis. The State has reiterated, in all reviews of its compliance with human rights standards, that there is no statelessness in the country and that any cases that may arise will be submitted and dealt with individually. 16. The Dominican Republic takes note of recommendation 94.175. It reiterates, as stated during the previous cycle, that the Government does not carry out arbitrary expulsions of migrants, whatever their migration status, but complies with both the international and national provisions that are applicable. 17. The Dominican Republic takes note of recommendation 94.176. It is not a signatory to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. 18. The Dominican Republic takes note of recommendation 94.179. It is in the Government’s interest to issue the relevant documents to the beneficiaries of Act No. 16914 as soon as possible. As regards the adoption of new legislation recognizing the right of those born in the Dominican Republic before 26 January 2010 to obtain citizenship and the introduction of a fast-track naturalization process for persons in group B under Act No. 169-14, the Dominican Republic restates its position and notes that the process of receiving applications for naturalization has already been completed. 19. Thanks to the national plan for the regularization of the status of foreign nationals and the special naturalization of migrants, established by Decree No. 327-13 and implemented free of charge by the Ministry of the Interior and Police, it has been possible to regularize the status of 260,241 persons of 116 nationalities, of whom 97.8 per cent are Haitian nationals. GE.19-08632 3