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National School of the Judiciary awards winners of the Vision Justice Hackathon

Santiago Judicial Department highlights its work during 2021

The coordinating judge of the Judicial Department of Santiago, Juan Anibal Rodriguez reported that among the six jurisdictions of the department held a total of 69,204 hearings. The Judicial Department of Santiago received last year 72 thousand 272 applications, of which 67 thousand 809 were decided, and held 69 thousand 204 hearings in its six jurisdictions, with a total ... Read more

Judge Claudio Aníbal Medrano says digital transformation is a paradigm shift in the judiciary

The coordinating magistrate of the Judicial Department of San Francisco de Macoris described as a huge leap, the systematization and standardization of the processes in the Judiciary established in the bill for the use of digital media that is currently before the National Congress. The magistrate Claudio Aníbal Medrano, coordinating judge of the Judicial Department of San Francisco de Macorís, ... Read More

Judge Vanessa Acosta says Judicial Branch is committed to access to justice for the most vulnerable

The Dominican Judiciary participated in the meeting Political and Social Pacts for a new Latin America: Equity, Human Rights and Democracy held in Valparaiso, Chile, and was represented by Judge Vanessa Acosta, judge of the first chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice and deputy coordinator of the Commission on Human Rights of the Dominican Republic, ... Read more

President of the SCJ assures citizens of a more complete and reliable justice system

The approval of the Judicial Scale and the reform of the Code of Ethical Conduct were achievements of 2021 that support transparency in the judicial system The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and the Judicial Council (CPJ), Justice Luis Henry Molina Peña said that the approval and implementation of the Code of Ethics and the ... Read More

PUBLIC CONSULTATION - Proposed Regulations for the Application of the Performance Evaluation System for Judges and Members of the Judiciary.

The Council of the Judiciary (CPJ) invites to participate in the public consultation process on the proposed Regulation for the Implementation of the Performance Evaluation System for Judges (zas) Members of the Judiciary, which aims to regulate the procedure for the implementation of the performance evaluation of the members of the Judiciary, as well as ... Read more

Red Mass" for Judiciary Day celebrated at the Cathedral Primada de América

On the occasion of the Judicial Power Day and in compliance with all the preventive protocols, the Red Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. by the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, José Amable Durán Tineo, at the Cathedral Santa María de la Encarnación, Primada de América. During the Red Mass, Durán ... Read More

President of the SCJ describes as "unprecedented achievement" the eradication of judicial delays in the Second and Third Chambers, the Plenary and the Assembly Chambers of the high court.

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Judicial Council, Justice Luis Henry Molina Peña, described as an unprecedented achievement in the history of the administration of justice in the country the 100% eradication of judicial delays in the Second and Third Chambers, the Plenary and the Gathered Chambers ... Read More