El presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ) y del Consejo del Poder Judicial, magistrado Luis Henry Molina Peña, sostuvo que la justicia se encuentra en una franca transición basada en su rol en todos los ámbitos de la sociedad, lo que a su entender impactará en el clima de negocios, la seguridad jurídica … Leer más

El presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ), magistrado Luis Henry Molina Peña, destacó la labor de los defensores públicos indicando que son los guardianes del debido proceso y el cumplimiento de la Constitución y las leyes.  Molina Peña hizo sus consideraciones durante la celebración del Día del Defensor Público donde indicó que la … Leer más

El Poder Judicial realizó el seminario internacional «Retos de la Comunicación Judicial en el Siglo XXI«, dirigido a periodistas, líderes de opinión, académicos, abogados y jueces, con el objetivo de propiciar un espacio de discusión que contribuya potenciar el tema desde la óptica de los distintos actores relacionados con el sistema de justicia.   ​  En el seminario, realizado en coordinación con … Leer más

The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice maintains the criterion that the decisions declaring the extinction of the criminal action, based on the statute of limitations, the abandonment of the accusation, among other causes of similar consequence, must be understood as susceptible to be appealed, as established in articles 416 and 417 of the Constitution, and ... Read More

The Judiciary published this Friday the Protocol of Action in Cases of Violence, Discrimination and Harassment of the institution, an instrument designed to promote a healthy environment, free of harassment, discrimination and sexual and/or labor harassment, through the application of preventive measures and a system of consequences. The Protocol was presented this ... Read More

The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice invites the general public to participate in the public consultation process on the proposed General Regulations on Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and the Guide for the Referral of Cases in the Dominican Republic, both of which have the fundamental objective of increasing the number of alternative dispute resolution ... Read More

Judge Napoleón Estévez Lavandier highlighted that the new conformation of the SCJ managed to reduce the number of pending files of the Civil Chamber from 11,654 to only 708. Judge Napoleón Estévez Lavandier, judge of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, stated that it is imperative for the civil justice system to be able to resolve the ... Read more

The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) established that exclusion from inheritance due to unworthiness or disinheritance constitutes a civil sanction that entails the deprivation of the right to inheritance of the person sanctioned. It points out that Article 727 of the Civil Code provides that they may be declared unworthy of inheritance, and as such ... Read More

The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice honored those who first promoted a constitutional justice in the Dominican Republic, during the celebration of the XXVIII hearing for the swearing in of 276 new lawyers The President of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) Luis Henry Molina Peña, stressed that the Dominican doctrine ... Read More

The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic released the books "El Referimiento Laboral: Doctrina, Legislación y Jurisprudencia 1998-2021; y "Estudios de Derecho Constitucional del Trabajo", authored by Justice Manuel Ramón Herrera Carbuccia, First Substitute of President and judge of the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic ... Read more