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Decisive Week in Congress with the Draft Penal and Labor Codes

This week, the National Congress marks the final stretch of assemblies before the current legislative session closes on Saturday, July 26. Although several are pending, expectations center around the draft laws for the Labor and Criminal Codes. Both reforms should have been approved at least a decade ago. However, discontent from certain sectors has left the country lacking instruments to regulate labor relations, as well as a legal framework th…
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This week, the National Congress marks the final stretch of assemblies before the current legislative session closes on Saturday, July 26. Although several are pending, expectations center around the draft laws for the Labor and Criminal Codes. Both reforms should have been approved at least a decade ago. However, discontent from certain sectors has left the country lacking instruments to regulate labor relations, as well as a legal framework th…

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Thousands of people responded this Sunday to the call for a broad coalition of social organizations, activists and citizens committed to human rights, concentrating in front of the National Palace to demand the adoption of a Penal Code that guarantees justice, equity and dignity for all people in the Dominican Republic. The demonstration, ...

Six leftist organizations will demonstrate this Sunday in front of the National Palace in rejection of the draft amendment of the Penal Code that is discussed in the National Congress, for not including the decriminalization of abortion in the three causes. They said that the Penal Code, approved in the Senate, represents a setback in fundamental rights. (Continue reading...) The post Today: Protest in front of the Palace against the Penal Code …

Six left-wing organizations called for a demonstration tomorrow in front of the National Palace to express their rejection of the draft Penal Code being debated in the National Congress, which does not include the decriminalization of abortion. Left groups stated in a document that the Penal Code adopted on first reading in the Senate represents a step backwards in terms of rights, because it reinforces impunity for corruption, violates the righ…

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