Web pages about "Argentina"

Amnesty International welcomes life sentences for Argentinean military officers - 29 August 2008

Organization also calls on the Argentinean authorities to investigate the 2006 disappearance of Jorge Julio López.

Argentina: Scrapping of Military Code of Justice welcomed - 7 August 2008

Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the Argentine Parliament to scrap the 1951 Military Code of Justice, thus abolishing the death penalty in all cases and closing military courts of justice.

UN examines human rights in member countries - 7 April 2008

All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records.

Human Rights Council elections 2008 - Argentina

Strikes and demonstrations, organized by municipal workers in support of pay demands in 2007, led to violent confrontations with police. Both demonstrators and police officers were injured.