UNPHU gives a master class on the legal configuration of the Dominican State

Santo Domingo.- The Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU) held the Master Lecture Dr. Bernardo Fernández Pichardo: “The legal configuration of the Dominican State”, an academic meeting that brought together authorities from the justice system, jurists, teachers, students and special guests around one of the key issues for the democratic institutionalism of the country. The conference was given by Dr. Antoliano Peralta Romero, Minister of Justice, who addressed central aspects of the legal evolution of the Dominican public administration and the legal figures that have influenced the organization of the State. During his intervention, Peralta Romero explained that within the Dominican public administration there have been entities created by law that do not necessarily have their own legal personality, a reality that has generated challenges in the definition and institutional structuring of the State. In that context, he also referred to the development of public trusts in the Dominican Republic as a tool used to organize state assets for specific purposes, highlighting that their expansion made a clearer regulation necessary within the national legal system. The official pointed out that, after the practical use of that figure in different public projects, the country advanced towards a more precise legal framework with the approval of Law 28-23 on public trust, and also announced that a bill relating to public companies will be socialized soon, as part of the process of strengthening the regulatory framework of public administration.

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The opening remarks were delivered by magistrate Ernesto Evertz, director of the UNPHU School of Law, who highlighted the importance of fostering academic reflection spaces on legal issues related to the functioning of the State and institutional strengthening. Through the Dr. Bernardo Fernández Pichardo Master Chair, the university continues to strengthen a tradition of academic dialogue that links its community with national relevant topics and with reference figures of Dominican legal thought and practice.