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Dominican Judicial Branch to preside over the Central American and Caribbean Judicial Council 

Dominican Judicial Branch to preside over the Central American and Caribbean Judicial Council 

Judge Henry Molina pledged to work tirelessly with the other countries that make up the CJCC to achieve common goals and move forward on the road to a more efficient, reliable, open, digital, accessible justice with special attention to vulnerable people. On Tuesday, June 13, the Dominican Judicial Branch assumed the ... Read More

Appeals court judge says judges must play active role in gender perspective 

Magistrate Sarah Veras Almánzar, judge of the Court of Appeals of the Judicial Department of Santo Domingo, said that judges have an active role as managers of the change of their decisions in gender perspectives free of stereotypes. Participating in the panel "Conceptual and legal framework applied to cases of sexual violence", she said that judges have an active role as managers of the change of their decisions in gender perspectives free of stereotypes.

Colonel Jimenez Cruceta is appointed to the Central Directorate of the Judicial Protection Police. 

Colonel Ana Josefina Jimenez Cruceta was sworn in this Saturday in the Central Directorate of the Judicial Protection Police, whose designation was ratified by the Judicial Power Council through act number 16-2023. Colonel Jimenez Cruceta was sworn in by the deputy director general of the National Police, Brigadier General Julio Cesar Betances Hernandez, ... Read more

Jueces de la Sala Civil de la SCJ suscriben acuerdo pleno no jurisdiccional para la aplicación de la nueva ley de casación 

Jueces de la Sala Civil de la SCJ suscriben acuerdo pleno no jurisdiccional para la aplicación de la nueva ley de casación

Los jueces y juezas de la Primera Sala de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ) suscribieron un acuerdo pleno no jurisdiccional, en el cual estipulan las exigencias y orden que observarán en la aplicación de la nueva Ley núm. 2-23, sobre Recurso de Casación.  El acuerdo fue suscrito por los jueces y juezas que integran … Leer más

RD será sede de Reunión Ordinaria del Consejo Judicial Centroamericano y del Caribe 

República Dominicana será sede de la Reunión Ordinaria del Consejo Judicial Centroamericano y del Caribe (CJCC) en la que participarán presidentes y presidentas de las Cortes Supremas de Justicia de los países miembros.  En la actividad, que se desarrollará del 12 a 14 de junio del corriente año, participarán los representantes de los Poderes Judiciales … Leer más

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