The Judicial Power Council (CPJ) signed an inter-institutional cooperation agreement together with other governmental and international entities for the timely and late registration of births in the Dominican Republic. The president of the CPJ, Magistrate Luis Henry Molina Peña, requested that the possibility of promoting legal reforms that allow for the de-judicialization of birth certificate processes be evaluated. Molina Peña was speaking during the signing of the Agreement ... Read More

The judge of the Second Chamber of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals of the Judicial Department of Santo Domingo and coordinator of the Gender Subcommittee of that province, magistrate Sarah Veras Almánzar, stressed that the Dominican justice system continues to work to eliminate any barrier that limits access to vulnerable people. She insisted that the first contact of the victim with the justice system is vital to achieve the justice system's ... Read More

The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the Senate of the Republic, chaired by Senator Antonio Taveras Guzman (Santo Domingo Province), received this Wednesday the visit of the President of the Judiciary, Luis Henry Molina Peña, who headed a high-level delegation. The purpose of the meeting was to build a permanent bridge of communication between the ... Read More

The Supreme Court of Justice dedicated this swearing-in ceremony to the career of Judge Olga Herrera Carbuccia, who was the first Dominican to reach the International Criminal Court. The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) held this Thursday the XXIV hearing for the swearing in of lawyers dedicated to the career of Judge Olga Herrera Carbuccia, where 1,253 professionals of the Dominican Republic were ... Read More

The principles underpinning the interview centers are "guarantees of rights, non-revictimization, equality, non-discrimination, confidentiality, integrity, discretion and proportionality". The interview centers nationwide served in the first half of this year a grand total of 913 victims and witnesses of crimes of assault, abuse, sexual harassment, domestic violence, abduction and seduction. The ... Read more

The President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Magistrate Luis Henry Molina Peña, together with members of the Judicial Power Council, held a meeting with the judges of the Judicial Department of San Pedro de Macoris, in order to learn about the progress and achievements of this demarcation during the first semester of this year. Among the achievements exposed by the coordinating judge and ... Read More

The Plenary met and learned about the progress of the work carried out by the commission of judges in charge of the legislative agenda of the Judiciary, which was appointed on March 11, 2021. During the session, issues such as the mechanism for inter-institutional interaction to respond to the various issues raised were discussed, including the ... Read more

The implementation of the Judicial Service platform has allowed statistics and dashboards to be viewed transparently and in real time.According to preliminary statistics published on the judicial service portal, in the period from January to June 2021, the courts continued to work in person and virtually. During this period, 590,775 service requests received by the courts were processed in person and virtually... Read more

Resolution No. 91-2021 grants a term of 15 days to the appellant to notify the opposing party of the suspension of the claim on pain of inadmissibility. SANTO DOMINGO (DR) - The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) modified the resolution that establishes the procedure for the suspension of the execution of the sentence and grants a term of 15 days to the appellant for the notification of the claim in suspension to the opposing party on pain of inadmissibility.