The Minister of Labour of the Dominican Republic Eddy Olivares has been designated by the President of the Republic Luis Abinader as the representative of the government in the organization of the World Law Congress. Consequently, Minister Olivares becomes the President of the Local Organizing Committee of the congress to be held in Santo Domingo on May 4-6, 2025, while former Colombian President Iván Duque chairs the International Organizing Committee.
President Abinader will participate in the Closing Ceremony of the event at the Aula Magna of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the first university founded in the Americas, and the first faculty of law of the continent as well. At this ceremony, to be held on May 6, King Felipe VI of Spain and justices from the most relevant courts of the world will also participate.
Two days earlier, on May 4, Raquel Peña, Vice-President of the Dominican Republic together with the Mayor of the National District, Carolina Mejías, will preside over the Opening Ceremony. Along with these authorities, dozens of members of the high courts of law from different countries, as well as business, academic and media leaders, will participate in the solemn sessions.
Eddy Olivares has a solid legal background. Lawyer by the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo and Master in Fundamental Rights by the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), he has always held positions related to his studies. Olivares is an expert in Labour, Electoral and Constitutional Law. He was Prosecutor of the Province of Santo Domingo and member of the Electoral Tribunal for ten years, where he stood out for his defense of the transparency and integrity of the electoral processes. For more than six months he has been working closely with the organisers of the World Law Congress, convinced that it is an extraordinary opportunity for the Dominican Republic to project itself in the world as a reference of institutionalism. This congress, said Olivares, «crowns in practice the policy that President Luis Abinader has been developing in this area during his first legislature».
With just a month to go, the the Organizing Committee of the World Law Congress Dominican Republic is finalising its program. It is undoubtedly the most important legal event in the world that covers with a broad and modern view all specialties of law and all the concerns of society, from cybersecurity to the sustainability of the planet, and from human rights to the use and tegulation of artificial intelligence. All of these topics will be debated in nearly fifty round tables to be held at the new building of the Universidad del Caribe UNICARIBE, local partner of the World Jurist Association, with leading experts and legal personalities from seventy countries from the five continents. The quality of the speakers and the timeliness of the issues chosen for debate are impressive. The Dominican Republic is proud to host this World Law Congress.
