{"id":228895,"date":"2024-12-26T08:27:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T12:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=228895"},"modified":"2024-12-26T08:58:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T12:58:56","slug":"constitutional-court-judge-warns-there-are-sovereignty-risks-in-open-skies-agreement-with-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/12\/26\/constitutional-court-judge-warns-there-are-sovereignty-risks-in-open-skies-agreement-with-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Court judge warns there are sovereignty risks in Open Skies Agreement with the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juez-Domingo-Gil-Tribunal-Constitucional-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228908\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juez-Domingo-Gil-Tribunal-Constitucional-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juez-Domingo-Gil-Tribunal-Constitucional-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juez-Domingo-Gil-Tribunal-Constitucional-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juez-Domingo-Gil-Tribunal-Constitucional-1536x1026.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juez-Domingo-Gil-Tribunal-Constitucional.png 1998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Judge Domingo Gil \/ Tribunal Constitucional<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Domingo Gil has cast a dissenting vote against the recent Dominican Republic\u2019s Constitutional Court ruling that cleared the open skies agreement signed with the Biden administration of the United States. The judge expressed concerns that the deal could compromise the nation\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US-DR Open Skies Agreement, signed on 2 August 2024 and now in effect, has been described as one that reduces costs and expands airline operations between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the majority of the Constitutional Court found the accord to be in line with the Dominican Constitution, Judge Gil argued that it contains provisions that could jeopardize the nation\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his dissenting opinion, Gil highlighted several concerning aspects of the agreement, including:<br>\u2022 Exclusion of sovereignty: The judge pointed out that the agreement does not explicitly recognize the Dominican Republic\u2019s \u201cfull and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory.\u201d This omission, he argued, could create vulnerabilities for the nation.<br>\u2022 Ambiguous scope: Gil criticized the agreement for its vague definition of \u201cagreed services,\u201d which could potentially allow for military flights or other non-commercial operations.<br>\u2022 Limited territorial scope: The judge noted that the agreement\u2019s definition of \u201cterritory\u201d is narrower than in other aviation treaties, excluding certain areas that could be subject to the Dominican Republic\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/usa\/actualidad\/2024\/11\/18\/juez-domingo-gil-voto-disidente-en-acuerdo-de-cielos-abiertos\/2916028\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26 December 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge Domingo Gil has cast a dissenting vote against the recent Dominican Republic\u2019s Constitutional Court ruling that cleared the open skies agreement signed with the Biden administration of the United States. The judge expressed concerns that the deal could compromise the nation\u2019s sovereignty. The US-DR Open Skies Agreement, signed on 2 August 2024 and now &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/12\/26\/constitutional-court-judge-warns-there-are-sovereignty-risks-in-open-skies-agreement-with-the-united-states\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228895"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228971,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228895\/revisions\/228971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}