A/HRC/26/15 95. The ruling stated that, from 1929 to date, all persons born in the Dominican Republic are nationals of the country with two exceptions: the children of accredited diplomats, in line with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, and the children of persons in transit and of foreigners who are irregularly in the country. Therefore, the delegation concluded that the ruling could not be retroactive, as the rule only referred to laws that had been in force since 1929. 96. Regarding Germany’s question on the support provided to persons without documents to prove their migratory status, the delegation noted that the Government had established, by Presidential Decree 327-13, the national plan for the regularization of foreigners in irregular migration situations, which sought to regularize those foreigners living without a legal status. An easy and free-of-charge procedure had been established so that in the next 18 months those interested could register and present documents showing they have links with Dominican society and that they had economic roots. According to the 2012 immigrants survey, there were nearly half a million foreigners: a majority did not have a legal status and more than half did not have identity documents from their country of origin. As a guarantee for foreigners, the Government had forbidden any deportations for those who had requested to be covered by the plan during its implementation. 97. The delegation finally expressed its satisfaction for being able to present the report and assured that all the recommendations would be taken into account, trusting that, with the assistance of various countries, the Dominican Republic could ensure that human rights were established definitively as the main guide for a life with dignity. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 98. The following recommendations will be examined by the Dominican Republic which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the twenty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council in June 2014: 98.1. Consider ratifying those international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a State party (Nicaragua); 98.2. Ratify those international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, such as the Second Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 (Spain); 98.3. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR; the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR; the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; and, finally, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Portugal); 98.4. Consider accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Ukraine); 98.5. Ratify the OP-CAT and to take policy measures to prevent torture and ill treatment (Estonia); ** The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 14