{"id":42395,"date":"2021-11-25T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T09:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/how-viafirma-has-contributed-to-the-digital-transformation-of-the-dominican-judicial-branch\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T09:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:47:26","slug":"how-viafirma-has-contributed-to-the-digital-transformation-of-the-dominican-judicial-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/how-viafirma-has-contributed-to-the-digital-transformation-of-the-dominican-judicial-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"How Viafirma has contributed to the digital transformation of the Dominican Judicial Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Viafirma’s digital signature has played an important role in the digital transformation of the Dominican Judiciary<\/strong>, we tell you how!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Dominican Judicial Council<\/strong> is the constitutional organ of justice and one of the three branches of the Dominican State, together with the Legislative and the Executive. Its objective is to administer justice through the courts and tribunals, ensuring the protection of the rights that have been established in the norms or laws of the nation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Since the beginning of the digital era, the Dominican Judicial Council has been aware of how necessary digital transformation<\/strong> is for them. A fact that motivated the development of the institutional strategic plan Vision Justice 20\/24, which includes digitization and the use of technological tools to make the judicial service more effective and efficient.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The challenge<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

All public administrations are characterized by processes that generate a huge amount of documentation. The global health crisis<\/strong> of 2020 has led to a slowdown in procedures<\/strong>, reaching extremes that jeopardize the rights of citizens. Fortunately, the Judicial Council was prepared to deal with this problem long before the pandemic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The solution was to digitize the processes and even<\/strong>, due to COVID-19 restrictions, to carry them out completely remotely<\/strong>. And for this digitization, it was essential to implement electronic signatures.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The main objective of the institution was to eliminate the use of paper, although, after the mobility restrictions due to the pandemic, they saw that the “delocalization” of some processes<\/strong> was also an element to be taken into account. To this end, it became necessary:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n