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Public Consultation on the Proposed Guide to Decent Treatment for Access to Justice

Public Consultation on the Proposed Guide to Decent Treatment for Access to Justice

The Judicial Council invites to participate in the public consultation of the proposal of the "Proposed Guide of Decent Treatment for Access to Justice". This document will be available for consultation from April 5 to 29, 2021. To send your observations and recommendations, please send them via e-mail to: secretariageneralcpj@poderjudicial.gob.do ... Read more

PJ participates in international virtual seminar "The role of the Councils of the Judiciary in Latin America".

Supreme Court Justice stresses that 75% of high court judges are career judges

The International Virtual Seminar: "The Role of the Councils of the Magistracy/Judiciary in Latin America" continues this Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. with the participation of councilors and high court judges from Spain, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru and Bolivia. The judge of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and member of the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM), magistrate ... Read More

The Plenary of the SCJ establishes new composition of its chambers

The Plenary of the SCJ establishes new composition of its chambers

The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) appointed this Thursday magistrates Vanessa Acosta Peralta and Nancy Salcedo as members of the First and Third Chambers respectively and magistrate Moises Ferrer as judge of the Second Chamber. This decision will be effective after the swearing in of Judge Blas Fernandez, elected as representative of the judges of the First and Third Chambers ... Read More

CPJ creates Executive Commissions to promote strategic projects for the year 2021

Resolution 002-2021 establishes that these commissions will be responsible for following up on the projects and ensuring the socialization of the proposals and their results with the groups and sectors of interest. With the closing report of the results presented by the commissions and working groups formed by Res. 003-2020, the Judicial Council of the Judiciary of the Republic of Panama ... Read More

Judicial Branch calls for participation in the National Contest of Monographic Work on "Professional Secrecy".

The objective of this contest is to deepen the study and dissemination of the principles of Judicial Ethics in Ibero-America, considering that, in the daily work of judges, this contributes to achieving excellence in the performance of their duties, strengthening the confidence of citizens in their judges and helping social cohesion. The ... Read more

Judges to elect new members of the Judicial Council this Friday 19

Judges to elect new members of the Judicial Council this Friday 19

The members of the Council of the Judiciary are elected in an election process in which, simultaneously, each category of the judiciary, in an assembly of peers, will elect the candidates of their category, in a personal and secret vote. This Friday 19, elections will be held to choose the new members, and their substitutes, who will make up the Judicial Council ... Read More

CPJ extends jurisdiction and deadline for appealing decisions on reconsideration

CPJ broad competence

By Resolution No. 016/2020, the Judicial Power Council modifies Articles 97 and 98 of the Judicial Administrative Career Regulations in relation to the decisions that may be appealed in reconsideration and extends from 20 to 30 days the term to file such appeal. SANTO DOMINGO (RD). -The Judicial Power Council (CPJ) modified articles 97 and 98 of the Judicial Administrative ... Read More

CPJ approves modification of the Regulations that organize the Judicial Scale and the Provision of Judicial Positions

Modification of the regulations that organize the career ladder

This modification was made within the framework of the project of: Strengthening of the Judicial Career, provided for in the Institutional Strategic Plan Vision Justice 20/24. The Judicial Council approved, through Resolution No. 001-2021, the modification to the Regulation that establishes the judicial career ladder system and the provision of judicial career positions, applicable to all judges of the Dominican PJ. The preparation of the judicial career ladder takes ... Read more