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Judicial Branch adds 50 Civil and Commercial courtrooms to the Digital Access Platform nationwide  

Judicial Branch adds 50 Civil and Commercial courtrooms to the Digital Access Platform nationwide  

This branch of the State is in full expansion of the Digital Access Portal and it is expected that all Civil and Commercial chambers will be operating under this platform by the end of this year. The Judicial Branch announced the expansion of the Digital Access Platform to 50 additional courtrooms in Civil and Commercial ... Read More

Plenary of the SCJ approves amendment to the regulations governing the Committee on Ethical Conduct of the Judicial Branch 

Plenary of the SCJ approves amendment to the regulations governing the Committee on Ethical Conduct of the Judicial Branch

The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice, in its session number 26-2024, approved the modification of the Regulation that regulates the Committee of Ethical Behavior of the Judiciary. This is an instrument that seeks to strengthen the system of institutional integrity in the administration of justice, under the logic that a good ethical performance of the judiciary is ... Read More

SCJ judge and prison authorities tour correctional and rehabilitation centers for women  

Judge María Garabito Ramírez, judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), together with authorities of the General Directorate of Penitentiary and Correctional Services, toured three women's rehabilitation centers, as part of the initiatives of the Program for the Optimization of the Criminal Process, whose purpose is to ensure that the women and men who are incarcerated are ... Read more

Judicial Branch participates in Meeting of the Ibero-American Commission on Quality of Justice 

The Judiciary of the Dominican Republic, in its role as Pro Tempore Secretariat of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit and as an observer country, participated in the plenary meeting of the Ibero-American Commission on Quality for Justice (CICAJ), held in Panama on October 17 and 18, 2024, with the participation of the ... Read more

Henry Molina: "the true meaning of justice is to build an environment in which all people can live with dignity and security". 

The presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Justice led the XXXIV hearing for the swearing-in of lawyers in honor of the prominent jurist and historian Wenceslao Vega, in which he highlighted his contributions to Dominican law The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) on Thursday swore in a group of 458 new lawyers in honor of Wenceslao ... Read More

Henry Molina cites digitalization and reduction of judicial delays as advances that strengthen confidence in the justice system

The president judge of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Henry Molina, cited this Tuesday the advances of justice while participating as a speaker at the Dominican History Book Fair, organized by the General Archive of the Nation. The also president of the Judicial Power Council (CPJ), highlighted the increase in confidence in ... Read More

SCJ provides new reasons on the possibility of a dialogued relationship between the Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court

The ruling of the Third Chamber of that high court addresses the issue of the competence of municipalities in matters of land use The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) established that the dialogue between the high courts is necessary due to multiple factors, one of them being the fact that ... Read More

Judicial Branch reaffirms commitment to open justice and citizen participation 

The Judicial Branch held the first forum of the Observatory, which analyzed the challenges of the justice system around transparency, accountability and citizen participation, reaffirming its commitment to the principles of open justice. The Observatory, created by the Judicial Branch of the Dominican Republic, is a forum for ... Read More