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Judicial Branch appreciates enactment of law on cassation proceedings 

Judicial Branch appreciates enactment of law on cassation proceedings 

The Judicial Power valued the promulgation by the Executive Power of Law No. 02-23 which regulates the cassation procedure to hear appeals filed in civil and commercial, labor, real estate, administrative and tax litigation matters. With the recently enacted law, the Court of Cassation, in exceptional cases, will be able to hear appeals ... Read More

Judicial Branch to expand new Case Management System 

The system consists of a technological infrastructure that allows to know online the cases assigned to each judge, as well as to automate multiple court tasks. The Dominican Judiciary will extend its Case Management System (SGC) in the criminal and real estate jurisdictions, an initiative that is already being implemented and automates the operations of the court, as well as ... Read more

SCJ establishes law does not require judges to grant conditional suspension of sentences 

The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice reaffirmed that, even if the requirements of the law are met, the judge may not imperatively impose the granting of a conditional suspension of the sentence. The jurisprudential criterion, contained in sentence No. SCJ-SS-22-0579, states that it is still the judge's power to grant a conditional suspension ... Read more

Judicial Branch publishes main rulings of the Supreme Court of Justice for 2022  

The Dominican Judicial Branch announced the availability of the main rulings issued by the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) during the past year 2022 that set a jurisprudential criterion and have a relevant social impact, both for the legal community and for the general public. With the publication compiled on a quarterly basis, the Supreme Court ... Read More

On Judiciary Day, priest urges judges to maintain impartiality and independence 

As part of the commemoration of the Judiciary Day, the Red Mass was celebrated at the Cathedral Santa María de la Encarnación, officiated by Monsignor Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez, missionary bishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, who in his homily exhorted the judges to maintain an impartial and impartial justice, as well as to ... Read more

Luis Henry Molina calls on all justice system actors to work together "fostering trust and respect".  

The President of the Supreme Court announced the progress made in the three pillars of his administration: Zero Delinquency, 100% access, 100% transparency On the occasion of the celebration of the Judicial Branch Day, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Luis Henry Molina, referred to the need to solve "among all" the ... Read More

SCJ establishes that extreme sports service providers must take measures to reduce disastrous eventualities 

The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) established the jurisprudential criterion that the providers of services to practice an extreme sport that have not taken the necessary measures to reduce the harmful eventualities that could occur during the practice of the same are liable for their civil responsibility. The criterion established is contained in ... Read more

Judicial Branch implements Communication Guide with a Gender Perspective 

The Judicial Power put into operation the Guide of Communication with a Gender Perspective, with the objective of promoting inclusive language in judicial servants at national level in the management of non-sexist strategies of the Spanish language, as demanded by today's society. The guide is part of the training material to which ... Read More

SCJ establishes that acquiescence is linked to the party's interest in not exercising the legal remedies established by law. 

The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) is of the opinion that acquiescence (unilateral acts that produce legal effects) to a judgment is indivisibly linked to the true interest of the party not to exercise the remedies provided by law. By judgment No. SCJ-TS-22-1314 dated 16 July 2006 ... Read More

Costa Rica, Spain and the Dominican Republic join efforts to strengthen citizen participation in the justice system   

As part of the Triangular Cooperation Program Costa Rica-Spain-Latin America and the Caribbean, sponsored by the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID), "Development of a Model of Citizen Participation in the Judiciary of the Dominican Republic", the activity "Meeting: Contributions of citizen participation policies in the Judicial Branch of the Dominican Republic", was held in the ... Read more