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Civil Chamber of the SCJ establishes criteria on the evaluation of evidence in a lawsuit for the collection of pesos. 

Civil Chamber of the SCJ establishes criteria on the evaluation of evidence in a lawsuit for the collection of pesos. 

The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), on the occasion of a lawsuit for the collection of pesos, assumed the position that it is imperative to evaluate the community of evidence contributed to the debates as a whole in a harmonious manner, when there has been a diversity of arguments in the parties that object to such evidence. Through ... Read more

President of the SCJ reiterates commitment to guarantee justice to the most vulnerable 

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and of the Judicial Power Council, Luis Henry Molina Peña, assured that they are working to guarantee access to justice for the most vulnerable population, mainly women victims of violence. Magistrate Molina Peña affirmed that domestic violence is the social conflict ... Read More

Criminal justice system stakeholders promote training to address criminal justice issues 

The different actors of the justice sector are developing a training plan aimed at their personnel within the framework of the Program for the Optimization of the Criminal Process, with the objective of seeking new ways of approaching the problems of the criminal justice system, with special focus on the most vulnerable. The trainings, which began in the ... Read More

Women and men judges from the Dominican Republic participate in seminar on gender perspective held in Chile 

A delegation of judges from the Dominican Judicial Branch participated in Santiago de Chile in the international seminar "Challenges for incorporating the gender perspective in the administration of justice in Ibero-America", held with the objective of generating spaces for reflection and eliminating stereotypes that influence gender judgments. ... Read more

SCJ establishes that the unlawful termination of a career civil servant will be sanctioned with reinstatement in office 

The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice established that the unlawful dismissal of a career civil servant will be sanctioned with the reinstatement in his job and the payment of the salaries he did not receive during the time he was unlawfully separated from his job. The Court infers ... Read more

Dominican Judicial Branch participates in 2023 Biennial Conference "Women Judges: Achievements and Challenges" held in Morocco 

The judges addressed issues such as human trafficking, migration, inclusive justice, vulnerable persons, litigants with disabilities, gender-based violence in the courts, cyber-violence and alternatives implemented in justice before the COVID-19. A delegation of the Dominican Judiciary participated in the Biennial Conference 2023 "Women Judges: Achievements and Challenges", organized by the International Association of Women Judges ... Read More

SCJ decides case on the principle of immediacy and evidentiary assessment  

 The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) prevails in the criterion that the Court is not limited to verifying whether the appreciation of the evidence produced in the first degree has been correct, but also performs in a regulated manner actions aimed at the evidentiary assessment discussed in the previous instance. ... Read more

Dominican Judicial Branch and FIIAPP to promote improvements in cooperation projects 

 MADRID, Spain - The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Luis Henry Molina Peña, and the general director of the International Foundation for Ibero-American Public Administration and Public Policy (FIIAPP), Anna Terrón, agreed to develop a roadmap to identify initiatives for improvement and development, as well as their linkage with cooperation projects ... Read More

President of the Supreme Court of Justice: "Santo Domingo will be the world capital of law in 2025". 

Luis Henry Molina Peña invited the European legal community to participate in the international event that will bring together judges and lawyers from different countries in the Dominican capital. MADRID, Spain. - A commission of the Judiciary participated in Madrid in the preparatory meeting of the World Jurists Association (WJA), where a group of judges, judges and lawyers from ... Read More