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The European Union and the Dominican Judiciary present twinning project  

The European Union and the Dominican Judiciary present twinning project  

Experts from different disciplines from Spain and Germany will provide support and share best practices for the strengthening of justice The European Union and the Dominican Judiciary launched this afternoon the Twinning project aimed at supporting the implementation of the Strategic Plan of the Dominican Judiciary to strengthen the justice system in the Dominican Republic ... Read more

CPJ launches public consultation on proposed Protocol of Action in Cases of Violence, Discrimination and Harassment in the Judicial Branch  

The Judicial Council (CPJ) invites you to participate in the public consultation process on the proposed Protocol of Action in Cases of Violence, Discrimination and Harassment of the Judiciary, in order to promote a healthy social and work environment, free of harassment, discrimination and sexual and/or workplace harassment, through the implementation of preventive measures, as well as to respond to any kind of harassment, discrimination and sexual and/or workplace ... Read More

Criminal Chamber of the SCJ establishes criteria on evidentiary assessment 

The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) established criteria on the evaluation of evidence, which must be adjusted to the strictly rational, legally linked to the evidence that has been submitted to the process in a legitimate manner and that has been regularly presented in the oral trial by means of logical and objective reasoning. ... Read more

 SCJ President highlights strength of integrity system to protect judges' independence 

The President of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Luis Henry Molina Peña, began in the Judicial Department of San Cristobal, the first of several regional meetings with judges, judges and key actors of society, where he stressed the importance of strengthening the integrity system, which protects the independence of judges. In ... Read more

Bar Association participates in consultation on Regulations for the Use of Digital Media in the Judicial Branch  

More than 1,500 members of the Bar Association of the Dominican Republic from different provinces of the country participated in the public consultations of the Regulations for the implementation of the Use of Digital Media in the Judiciary, held this Saturday at the Aula Magna of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). During his speech, the ... Read More

Dominican Judicial Branch participated in the First Round of Workshops of the XXI edition of the Iberoamerican Judicial Summit 

The Dominican Judicial Branch participated during the 15th and 16th of this month in the First Round of Workshops of the XXI Edition of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit, whose Plenary Assembly will be held in Peru in September 2023, under the slogan "For an independent and effective judicial career". The Round of Workshops ... Read more

President of the SCJ affirms that judicial independence is based on law and not on popularity

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and of the Judicial Power Council (CPJ), Justice Luis Henry Molina Peña assured this Thursday that the price of judicial independence consists in making decisions that may not be liked because they are based on the Law and its sources and not on popularity. While participating ... Read more

Judge Ortega: "Trials must be based on justice and truth, even in so-called parallel trials".

Magistrate Francisco Ortega Polanco, judge of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, indicated Wednesday that in the justice system of the Dominican Republic the judge is an impartial third party who judges "what is brought to him". He pointed out that in all scenarios, judgments must be based on justice and on the ... Read More

National Ministerial Day to be commemorated this Monday

This Monday, September 12 is commemorated the National Day of the Minister, by decree 276-07, which recognizes this public official invested by law to perform the work of notification of judicial and extrajudicial acts, citations, as well as the execution of the civil aspects of the sentence and others that the law requires... Read more