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Majority of participants in public hearing in Congress supported Digital Media Use Act proposal

Majority of participants in public hearing in Congress supported Digital Media Use Act proposal

Most of those who participated in the public hearing in the National Congress on the proposed Law on the Use of Digital Media in the Judiciary, agreed that technological transformations in the justice system are essential to adapt to the new times that demand such tools for access and access to information, as well as for ... Read More

Legal community, civil society and academia support transformation process promoted by the Judicial Branch

They hope that the Bill for the use of digital media in the Judiciary will be approved in the National Congress to achieve a more efficient justice, guarantee access and dignify the exercise of law. Judges, civil society, academia and members of the legal community support the judicial transformation being implemented by the Dominican Judicial Branch and ... Read More

SCJ establishes that the criminal offense of pimping is not only constituted by the presence of the victim, but also by other means of evidence.

The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice established that Dominican legislation does not punish or sanction prostitution, but the one who exploits and benefits from it, under Article 334 of the Penal Code. The jurisprudence establishes that there may be many causes or circumstances by which persons who engage in prostitution may be punished... Read More