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SCJ ruling opens possibility of dialogue with Constitutional Court on binding precedent 

SCJ ruling opens possibility of dialogue with Constitutional Court on binding precedent 

The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), on July 31 of this year, by judgment number SCJ-TS-2024- 01248, established as a criterion the possibility of a dialogue between the Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court (TC), as long as it does not affect the materiality of the Constitutional Court's rulings, as long as it ... Read more

The Judicial Branch and the National School of the Judiciary launch the Chair of Constitutional Justice 

The Chair of Constitutional Justice is directed at the international level by Dr. Luis María López Guerra, constitutional jurist and former judge of the Constitutional Court of Spain, and the national director is Judge Claudio Aníbal Medrano, coordinator of the judges of the Judicial Department of San Francisco de Macorís (SFM). The Dominican Judiciary and the ... Read More

Non-adversarial dispute resolution mechanisms facilitate access to justice for the population  

The Judiciary implements mediation as a mechanism to resolve conflicts based on the will of the parties and prepares to apply conciliation in the courts with judges trained in these techniques. A total of 234 judges and other actors of the justice system received training in non-conciliation mechanisms and in the use of ... Read more

Plenary of the SCJ puts in public consultation update of the regulations of the Judge for the Execution of Sentences 

The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) submitted for public consultation the proposed amendment to Regulation No. 296-05 of the Sentence Enforcement Judge and Resolution No. 2087-06, which organizes and regulates the powers of these judges, their activities and the main procedures of the enforcement stage, as provided for in Resolution No. 2087-06, which ... Read More

First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice establishes the requirements for the challenged sentence to be appealed. 

In the case of an opinion that resolves issues in opposition to the jurisprudential doctrine of the Court of Cassation, it is necessary that the cassation brief cites two or more rulings of the First Chamber and explains how, when and in what sense the challenged decision has violated or ignored the jurisprudential doctrine of the Court of Cassation.

The Judicial Branch continues socialization of the Guide to Decent Treatment for Access to Justice in the judicial departments of Santo Domingo and the National District. 

The Dominican Judicial Branch continued the process of socialization of the Guide of Decent Treatment for Access to Justice, this time presented to the Judicial Departments of the Santo Domingo province and the National District, aimed at an effective application of the instrument in the courts and operational bodies. The magistrate Nancy Salcedo, ... Read More

SCJ Chief Justice receives visit from new OAS representative in the country  

The presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Henry Molina, received in his office the courtesy visit of the new representative of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in the Dominican Republic, Luis Esteban de la Torre Ribadeneira, with whom he discussed his new duties, issues of common interest, ... Read More

SCJ judge stresses humanization of the judicial and penitentiary system is essential for the dignity of people in the DR  

Judge Maria G. Garabito, of the Second Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, indicated that having a humane judicial and penitentiary system is an indispensable condition for the dignity of people in the Dominican Republic, in accordance with Principle 15 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which states that "freedom should be ... Read More

The National School of the Judiciary reaches its 26th anniversary with important achievements and quality service. 

The National School of the Judiciary (ENJ) commemorates its 26th anniversary, during which time it has graduated 968 candidates from different training programs, including 516 judges, 369 public defenders and children and adolescents, 52 public investigators and 31 aspiring social workers, from various universities nationwide. ... Read more

Judge Hererra Carbuccia takes office as new president of the DR Academy of Sciences

Dr. Manuel Ramón Herrera Carbuccia was sworn in and sworn in as the new president of the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic (ACRD) for the period 2024-2027, during a ceremony where he pledged to work in defense of the best interests of the nation. Magistrate Herrera Carbuccia, who is the first substitute judge of the Dominican ... Read More