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Indotel and Judicial Branch sign agreement to strengthen use of digital and electronic media in the country's justice system

The agreement will guarantee electronic trust services, digital certification, electronic signatures, electronic seals, time stamps, electronic delivery service and long-lasting signatures The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) and the Judicial Power Council agreed to implement an "action plan" to strengthen the use of digital signatures and other technological tools in the Dominican Republic ... Read More

Santo Domingo's penalty enforcement judge advocates for a culture of protection of the fundamental rights of elderly people

Within the framework of the Cycle of Talks on Vulnerable Groups, a project belonging to the Action Plan of the Departmental Coordination under the responsibility of Magistrate Yadira de Moya Kunhardt, on Monday, December 6 of this year, the Webinar "Vulnerabilities, dignified treatment and guarantee of the right of access to justice for the elderly" was held at the ... Read more

Publication of Public Consultation Regulations

The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) convened the public consultation process for the draft amendments to the Regulations of Law No. 108-05 on Real Estate Registry, pieces that can be downloaded by clicking on this publication. Attached Documents General Regulations of the Courts of the Real Estate Jurisdiction General Regulations of the Registry of Titles General Regulations of the ... Read More

SCJ establishes that in order to apply the penalty in cases of sexual assault and rape, the type of crime must be taken into account.

The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice established that the excess in the framework of the duration of the punishment must be observed to parameters of rationality by the judges when interpreting the criminal law regarding the crime of sexual assault and the crime of rape. In this sense, the aforementioned chamber by Ruling No. 001-022-2021-SSEN-01156 ... Read More

President of the SCJ participates in web seminar: "Bringing justice services closer to the people is to guarantee human rights".

The meeting is part of the celebration of Human Rights Day and opens a space for reflection on how access to justice contributes to restoring the social pact. The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and of the Judicial Power Council (CPJ), Justice Luis Henry Molina Peña participated this afternoon in the ... Read More

The Judicial Branch promotes 161 judges in the 11 judicial departments nationwide.

The President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Luis Henry Molina Peña, stressed that for the first time the Judiciary has a judicial ladder that determines the promotion and advancement of judges; an instrument that establishes objective parameters and with high consensus to provide for the career advancement of judges in the judicial system, as well as the ... Read More

Dominican Judicial Branch and ENJ hold seminar conference on judicial communication

The activity was attended by members of the Judicial Power Council (CPJ), as well as judges of the Executive Commission of Communication and Institutional Image. Also present were jurists, media executives, journalists of the judicial source, as well as representatives of the Civil Society, academies and the Public Defender's Office. The Judicial Branch ... Read more

SCJ establishes that workers may request salary review if the modalities of the employment benefit change

The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) establishes that it is legitimate for the worker to request the review of his salary if the employer changes the modalities of the labor benefit. The high court pointed out that the fault attributed to the employee cannot be configured as a cause of the dismissal exercised by the employer.