A/HRC/25/71 have expressed to know the truth and perhaps even to be given compensation. He recalls that silence is the worst response” (A/HRC/22/65, para. 89). 78. A third issue that must be addressed in this chapter is the situation facing many Haitians who are living abroad and risk becoming stateless, according to the representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Haiti.33 Many of them are denied their rights to identity, nationality, personal dignity, and all ensuing rights. 79. In September 2013, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic decided that people born in the country after 1929, whose parents were illegal aliens do not have the right to Dominican nationality. Several international bodies and agencies, such as UNHCR, UNICEF and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, have declared that this decision is not in conformity with international obligations. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also made a statement along those lines.34 The independent expert shares the views expressed by the High Commissioner and appeals to the Government of the Dominican Republic and the Human Rights Council to ensure that the right to Dominican nationality of descendants of Haitians born in the Dominican Republic is observed. III. Conclusions and recommendations 80. The human rights situation in Haiti is extremely serious, but it can be overcome provided that five basic conditions are met, namely: strong political will on the part of the Government and international community; the active participation of civil society; consensus on problems to be resolved as a matter of priority; focusing and coordinating efforts along the same lines, and a strong determination to achieve the goals set. 81. The list of issues to be addressed and corresponding solutions are contained in the many reports and recommendations drawn up on Haiti over three decades by experts of United Nations bodies and the Inter-American human rights system. The independent expert reiterates their many recommendations and proposes that five key aspects be selected from their analyses and recommendations to be considered as a matter of priority, and on which efforts should be focused. 82. These five closely interrelated aspects are: the deep inequalities within Haitian society, related to the precarious economic, social and cultural rights of the vast majority of the population; the inhumane prison conditions, and situation of persons held in prolonged pretrial detention; the absence of legal certainty in many areas of daily life because of the fact that the rule of law is extremely weak; the blatant impunity for violations committed in the past; and the hardships endured by many victims of natural disasters and other humanitarian crises, such as the earthquake in January 2010, the cholera epidemic since October 2010, or statelessness. 83. It is clear that the critical human rights situation in Haiti cannot be resolved overnight, but the problems must come to an end as soon as possible in the five areas mentioned above, as they are a constant source of serious violations: 33 34 GE.14-10841 According to its data, the number of Haitians living abroad is approximately 4.5 million. In 2007, International Crisis Group estimated that more than 3,710,000 Haitians or descendants of Haitians lived abroad (International Crisis Group, Peacebuilding in Haiti: Including Haitians from Abroad Latin America/Caribbean Report No. 24, Port-au-Prince/Bruxelles, 14 December 2007). www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13808&LangID=E. 17