The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice established the criterion that although in our legal system the figure of the referral provision is not expressly contemplated in any legal text, it can be validly granted based on Article 109 of Law No. 834 of 1978, on the grounds of urgency, ... Read More

The Judicial Power Council, in its ordinary session No. 036-2021 dated September 28, 2021, approved Resolution No. 006-2021, which introduces some modifications to Resolution No. 001-2021; in said session, the publication of the Judicial Scale and the beginning of the process for the filling of positions, based on Resolution 001-2021, were authorized. Among the ... Read more

The president of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, magistrate Francisco A. Jerez Mena, assured that the Judicial Power of the Dominican Republic ratifies its commitment with the Central American and Caribbean countries in the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism. He explained that these crimes tend to ... Read More

The Judicial Department of Puerto Plata presents an overall average of 102.96% of responses to requests registered in the first semester of the current year, in the service offered by the courts to the users of that jurisdiction. The report released details 101.30% court solutions in the month of January; February 104.87%; March 117.58%; April 102.57%; May 95.76%, May 95.76%, March 117.58%; April 102.57%; May 95.76%, ... Read More

The National School of the Judiciary (ENJ), the Dominican Academy of the Language and the Guzmán Ariza Pro Dominican Academy of the Language Foundation began in January of this year the work of drafting the Dominican Legal Dictionary (DJD), a joint effort that seeks to define all the terms of the legal system of the Dominican Republic ... Read More

The Judicial Department of Barahona presents an overall average of 103.72% response rate to the requests registered in the service offered by the courts to the users of that jurisdiction. The report details a 102.37% of solutions from the courts in the month of January; February 101.26%; March 106.45%; April 114.06%; May 100.71%, and June 96.58% of responses ... Read More

The main functions of the Mainstreaming Committee are to certify compliance and the correct implementation of the standards and requirements of the Seal in the institution, identify drivers of gender equality within the institution and promote the empowerment of women in the work of the institution, among other mandates that promote good practices for gender equality in the institution, as well as the ... Read more

The First Chamber of the Supreme Court (SCJ) developed by means of judgment No. 2076-2021 the criteria for the collection of invoices for public communications based on Article 163 of Law No. 65-00 on Copyright. According to this sentence, a user of a company that receives the service from a public communication company, who receives the ... Read More

The Judicial Department of Santiago presents an overall average of 105.5% of responses to requests registered in the first semester of the current year in the service offered by the courts to the users of that jurisdiction. The report released details 111.99% solutions from the courts in the month of January; February 107.54%; March 108.62%; April 111.30%; May 95.65%, and May 95.65%, and ... Read More

The Judicial Branch of the Dominican Republic recognized the judges of the Judicial Career, who were appointed by the National Council of the Magistracy to form part of the Superior Electoral Tribunal, highlighting their trajectory and important contributions to the judiciary and the Dominican judicial system. The recognition ceremony was dedicated to magistrates Ygnacio Pascual Camacho Hidalgo, who presides the TSE, Juan Alfredo Biaggi Lama, both with 23 years in the Judiciary, as well as Fernando Fernández Cruz, who was part of ... Read More