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Judicial Branch welcomes approval of the Digital Media Use Bill in the Chamber of Deputies

CPJ and Fundación Héroes de Constanza, Maimón y Estero Hondo agree to preserve the historical memory of the June 14 expeditionary feat

The Judicial Power Council (CPJ) and the Heroes of Constanza, Maimon and Estero Hondo Foundation signed an inter-institutional agreement aimed at coordinating actions jointly with a view to promote and preserve the Mausoleum in honor of the expeditionaries of that historic deed that took place on June 14, 1959. The agreement was signed ... Read More

Judicial Branch raises awareness on the eradication of child labor

The Dominican Judicial Branch held the "Symposium on Child Labor and its Worst Forms: Advances and Institutional Challenges for its Eradication" with which it seeks to sensitize the different actors involved in the legal, political and social work, in order to address this problem and provide tools for its elimination. The activity, which took place ... Read more

President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama visits DR to learn about the Judicial Branch's experience with technological transformation

A delegation headed by the President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama, Magistrate María Eugenia López Arias, visits the Dominican Judicial Branch to learn about best practices in the implementation of technological tools and the transformation that this branch of government is developing. The President of the Supreme Court of Panama, Magistrate María Eugenia López Arias, ... Read More

Jueza SCJ deplora violencia contra la mujer, revela RD figura en cuarto lugar entre los países de Latinoamérica con más feminicidios

La magistrada Vanessa Acosta Peralta, jueza de la Primera Sala de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ) y subcoordinadora de la Comisión para la Igualdad de Género del Poder Judicial, informó que República Dominicana figura en el cuarto entre los países de Latinoamérica con las tasas más altas de feminicidio por cada 100 mil habitantes.   … Leer más

Poder Judicial y ENJ capacitan jueces penales con miras a sensibilizar sobre el tema de violencia de género, doméstica e intrafamiliar

Con la Guía de buenas prácticas, instrumento concebido desde el año 2019, se busca garantizar que estos procesos se resuelvan en el menor tiempo posible, observando que se garanticen los derechos fundamentales de las partes involucradas, la integridad de la víctima y su entorno, y evitar la revictimización.  El Poder Judicial dominicano a través de … Leer más

Centers conducted 518 forensic interviews in the first quarter of the year

During the first quarter of the year 2022, the forensic interview centers of the Judiciary conducted a total of 518 interviews to victims and witnesses in vulnerable conditions. The information was shared by Magistrate Juan Sabino Ramos, president of the Court of Appeals for Children and Adolescents, while participating in the conference: "Right to integrity ... Read More

Judge Herrera Carbuccia says access to labor justice means guarantee of social rights

Justice Manuel Ramón Herrera Carbuccia, First Substitute Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice and member judge of the Third Chamber of the SCJ, affirmed that access to labor justice means opportunity, guarantee and security of social rights and advocated that the fundamental labor rights can be effective, and that the ... Read More

Judicial Branch and Superior Electoral Tribunal sign agreement to develop actions for institutional strengthening

The Judicial Power and the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) signed an inter-institutional collaboration agreement with the objective of establishing a general framework of cooperation to develop initiatives of common interest framed in educational programs in order to strengthen the competencies, abilities and skills of both institutions. The agreement was signed by Magistrate Ygnacio ... Read more

Magistrate Martha Díaz Villafaña highlights in Cuba the contributions of the Dominican Judicial Branch in the area of gender equality

Judge Martha Díaz Villafaña, presiding judge of the Civil and Commercial Chamber of the Court of Appeals of San Francisco de Macorís, highlighted the contributions of the Dominican Judiciary in terms of gender equality during her participation in the panel "Gender and Justice: a necessary binomial", held during the X International Meeting of Justice and Justice in the Dominican Republic, which ... Read more