A Gap Between Ideals and Reality: The Right to Health and the Inaccessibility of Healthcare for haitian Migrant Workers in the Dominican Republic

Authors

Stephanie Leventhal

Abstract

This Comment examines the barriers that undocumented Haitian migrants face when accessing healthcare, despite their entitlement to health under the country's domestic laws. It then provides steps the Dominican Republic can take to begin moving toward its promise of universal healthcare.

Recommended Citation

Stephanie Leventhal, A Gap Between Ideals and Reality: The Right to Health and the Inaccessibility of Healthcare for haitian Migrant Workers in the Dominican Republic, 27 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 1249 (2013).
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/eilr/vol27/iss2/14