Judge Edynson Alarcón, president of the Civil and Commercial Chamber of the Court of Appeals of the National District, stated that the new Law 2-23 on Cassation Appeals will help to mitigate the number of referrals, resubmissions and rebounds and will end, therefore, with the culture of the eternalization of the processes in the Supreme Court of Justice. By ... Read more

Expanding the channels and spaces for mediation as a way to solve conflicts without going to trial is one of the priorities on which the Dominican Judicial Branch is focusing this year, with the aim of decongesting the courts and facilitating access to justice by bringing it closer to the people. Participating in the presentation of the ... Read More

The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice ratified the criterion that for an illicit act that generates profits to be considered money laundering it must come from serious infractions established in the law, such as drug trafficking, arms, terrorism, human beings and organs. "This Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation ... Read More

An event was held today to consolidate and accelerate the main goals of the Judiciary for 2023, with the presence of more than 140 people including magistrates, members of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Public Defense, professional associations and members of civil society. During his speech, the President of the Judicial Branch ... Read More

El Pleno de la Suprema Corte de Justicia en su sesión extraordinaria núm. 3-2023 celebrada en fecha 7 de febrero del año 2023, aprobó de forma unánime la resolución núm. 62-2023 que traza el nuevo procedimiento para la interposición y juzgamiento de las demandas en suspensión de la ejecución de sentencia recurrida en casación en … Leer más

El Poder Judicial dominicano realizará el próximo viernes el encuentro Prioridades 2023 del Poder Judicial, un espacio de compromiso y participación en el que se conocerán los proyectos de transformación de este poder del Estado para el presente año, que impactarán tanto las labores jurisdiccionales como las administrativas.  Su objetivo principal es generar la participación de … Leer más

El presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ) y del Consejo del Poder Judicial (CPJ), Luis Henry Molina Peña, se reunió con Robert Thomas, encargado de Negocios de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en el país, donde trataron temas relativos al fortalecimiento de relaciones y colaboración conjunta.  Molina Peña agradeció el apoyo dado … Leer más

On the occasion of the birthday of the patrician Juan Pablo Duarte, the Judiciary presented the master conference "La Dramática: el teatro revolucionario de Juan Pablo Duarte", given by playwright and theater director Giovanny Cruz. The conference took place this Friday, January 27 in the Auditorium of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic... Read more

The judge of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Magistrate Napoleon Ricardo Estevez Lavandier, explained the novelties of Law No. 2-23 on Cassation procedure which he assures makes this process more expeditious. While speaking at the virtual conference "The New Technique of the Dominican Cassation", coordinated by the Dominican Supreme Court School of Justice, he ... Read More

The cases resolved in the TSA represent double the number of those made in the years 2014 to 2020, period in which that jurisdiction issued 4,909 decisions. The president of the Superior Administrative Court (TSA), magistrate Diomede Villalona Guerrero, reported that during the year 2022 that court gave out 10,802 cases, thus continuing with the plan of ... Read More