A/HRC/26/15 management of migration and facilitating the issuance of documentation to its nationals, with the aim of responding to the historical shortcomings afflicting the country. 16. Aware of the need to respond to those shortcomings, action on which had been postponed for decades, and that the ruling had brought the issue to the attention of the international community, the Government had launched, in record time, the most ambitious and comprehensive plan on regularization in the history of the country. The objective of that plan was to document and ensure regular status for all persons living in Dominican Republic territory, thus protecting their fundamental rights and reducing their vulnerability. In just three months, a clear road map had been established and actions initiated that should provide a response to the different documentation requirements presented in the country affecting both nationals and foreigners. The response would be comprehensive, inclusive and consistent with international standards. The process was being carried out with full respect for the laws and institutions of the Dominican Republic, but also of international human rights law. 17. The plan consisted of two pillars. The first pillar was the national plan for the regularization of foreigners in irregular migration situations, which would have a positive effect on the conditions of foreigners residing irregularly in the country. The plan provided for the possibility that the foreigners in irregular situation could be granted one of the immigration statuses set out under the law, according to the circumstances of each individual, provided they meet the requirements set for them. 18. Under that plan alone, the Dominican Republic could regularize in the next 14 months the migration status of thousands of people from over 100 countries who found themselves in an irregular situation in the country, and thus end their uncertainty and irregularity. Only those cases that related to people who had not been properly documented to date, and who therefore must now process their corresponding status according to their situation, would be handled under those regularization or documentation procedures. 19. From the first week of February 2014, local province offices would be operational throughout the territory to service both the beneficiaries of the regularization process and those seeking to benefit. In order to ensure fairness and transparency, each of the cases filed would be studied individually, according to clear requirements, under expedited procedures and at minimum cost. 20. The delegation stated that the Government was ensured that no person with Dominican nationality would be stripped of it. That was why the second pillar announced by the Government was to submit to Congress a law to resolve the irregular situation of the children of undocumented immigrants registered in Dominican Republic and their descendants. 21. The Government was committed to allocating sufficient human, technical and material resources to developing the two pillars of the plan as quickly as possible and with full guarantees for the State and those affected. Among those affected were irregular immigrants working and studying in the country, to whom the Government had promised to give priority in granting work and study visas. 22. The target population would be duly informed of the plan through a comprehensive programme of dissemination starting in February 2014. The Government would have the support of civil society, churches, community organizations and other institutions, both in the process of the accompaniment and in the process of the identification of the beneficiaries of the plan. The Government had shown its readiness for the international community to observe and collaborate in the process. 23. Through Presidential Decree No. 327-13 of 29 November 2013, the Dominican Republic had ensured that deportations would be suspended during the implementation of 5