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President of the SCJ and the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy discuss cooperation issues and advances in justice 

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and the Council of the Judiciary (CPJ), Luis Henry Molina Peña, met with Robert Thomas, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in the country, where they discussed…

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SCJ establece los prestadores de servicios de deportes extremos deben tomar medidas para reducir eventualidades nefastas 

La Primera Sala de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ) estableció el criterio jurisprudencial de que comprometen su responsabilidad civil los prestadores de servicios para practicar un deporte extremo que no hayan tomado las medidas necesarias para reducir las eventualidades…

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SCJ establece la aquiescencia está vinculada al interés de la parte a no ejercer la vía recursiva que establece la ley 

La Tercera Sala de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ) es de criterio de que la aquiescencia (actos unilaterales que producen efectos jurídicos) a un fallo, está vinculada de manera indivisible al verdadero interés de la parte de no ejercer…

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The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice is hearing 72% extradition cases; the United States is the country with the most requests

From 2019 through the second four-month period of 2022, the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) received a total of 154 extradition requests from various countries, of which 113 were decided, representing 72%,…

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SCJ establishes criteria on the principles of continuity, immediacy, and concentration of the trial

The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) established that the principles of continuity, immediacy, and concentration of the trial are not affected when suspensions of the trial on the merits or the debate are due to situations arising in...

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SCJ is of the opinion that lay witnesses lack the technical qualification to establish the causes of an incident attributed to electrical irregularities.

The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) established the position that, when dealing with specialized matters such as electricity, it warrants that the witnesses participating in the proceedings have a level of qualification…

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SCJ establishes that expiration of the deadline for filing a defense brief in administrative litigation does not result in automatic inadmissibility

The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) established the criterion that the expiration of the deadline established for filing defense briefs inherent to administrative litigation does not automatically result in their inadmissibility. The…

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