Different actors of the justice system participated in the third and last day of the Judicial Branch Conference, which was especially dedicated to academics and students. The attendees listened to the experiences of lawyers from countries such as Puerto Rico, Panama, Uruguay and Guatemala, aimed at building the justice system of the future.
They highlighted the conclusions of the Agora Judicial Organization with a focus on people, a space for the exchange of experiences on issues of high interest for the future of the Judiciary, in which some 30 people participate.
In his speech, the President of the Superior Court of Justice of the Region of Murcia (TSJMU), Miguel Pasqual del Riquelme, said that we must be open to new ways of doing justice focused on people.
In addition, the magistrate grouped in three fundamental axes the aspects on which justice must revolve, which in his opinion are the judicial organization, the need for change in the look and guarantee judicial independence and the statute of judicial career.
He explained the need for a modern judicial organization law, understanding that the judicial system is very dispersed; to review the way in which justice is deployed in the territory and to rethink the form of the judicial office, in order to respond in a timely manner and in law.
"We cannot stop providing services, the task is extremely complex, but because it is extremely complex we have to understand that we must install the capacities within the system to understand and face these reforms. The task is immense and changes do not happen overnight," explained the Spanish magistrate.
For his part, attorney Flavio Darío Espinal said that "this exercise generated enough ideas to continue the discussion process with a view to seeking consensus, identifying the lines of reform and strengthening justice, strengthening the Judiciary as part of the process of democratic consolidation of the Dominican Republic".
Other activities:
This Saturday the following conferences were also held: The direct ruling in the framework of the Dikelogical Cassation, by Judge Édynson Alarcón, in which issues such as the criteria for the application of relevant case law and the effects on the resolution of cases were discussed.
Likewise, the Jurisprudence in matters of public function, under the responsibility of Judge Mery Collado, president of the third chamber of the Superior Administrative Court and jurist Juan Guerrero, founding partner of the law firm Fermín & Guerrero.
Also noteworthy was the panel onJustice 360: Practices and Innovations, with the participation of counselor Bionni Zayas and presiding judge Bernabel Moricete Fabián as panelists. The panel took a look at Dominican judicial practices over time and their transformations in the digital era.
In another activity, Puerto Rican jurists Ernesto Chiesa and Harry Padilla presented the results of the departmental negotiation roundtables on alternative methods for the resolution of conflicts in criminal matters.
At that meeting, Dr. Padilla stated that the purpose of alternative methods is to address the problem of the great congestion of cases in the courts, as he said happens in Puerto Rico, largely due to jury trials.
He said that in the case of the Dominican Republic the situation is less complicated, since the courts do not have a jury.
To put an end to this situation, he said that his country has resorted to pre-settlement pleadings, which has resulted in more than 90% of cases being settled through the use of this technique.
