The Dominican Republic, commonly known as the Dominican Republic, is located in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti. Its capital, Santo Domingo, is the centre of government. The Dominican Republic is a unitary state with a presidential system of government. 

The Dominican Republic is party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. It is not party to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The Dominican Republic has not incorporated the broader refugee definition of the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees into its domestic law.