Report UNWGEID: Mission to Argentina
UNWGEID
2009, UNWGEID:
At the invitation of the Government of Argentina, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances visited the country from 21 to 24 July 2008. The Group was represented by its Chairperson-Rapporteur, Mr. Santiago Corcuera, and Group member Mr. Saied Rajaie Khorasani. The Working Group visited the cities of Buenos Aires and Córdoba. It held meetings with the Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, the President of the Supreme Court, the Office of the Secretary for Human Rights, the Office of the Public Prosecutor, the Unit in the Office of the Public Prosecutor for Coordination and Follow-up in cases involving human rights violations during the dictatorship, the judges responsible for the ESMA clandestine detention centre case, the Chairman of the National Senate Committee on Human Rights and Guarantees, the Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Human Rights and Guarantees, and various representatives of that Committee. During its visit to Córdoba, the Working Group had meetings with the Office of the Secretary for Human Rights in the province of Córdoba, the Directors of the Witness Protection Programme for the province of Córdoba and the prosecutor responsible for human rights cases in the province of Córdoba. It also had a meeting with the National Ombudsman. In both cities the Working Group met members of civil society organizations and representatives of associations of family members of victims of enforced disappearance. It visited the former ESMA detention centre in Buenos Aires and the former D2 detention centre in la Perla, near Córdoba. The Working Group held a press conference at the conclusion of its visit.
Table of contents:
INTRODUCCIÓN
I. OBSERVACIONES GENERALES
A. Propósito de la visita
B. El fenómeno de la desaparición forzada en la República Argentina
II. MARCO CONSTITUCIONAL Y JURÍDICO SOBRE LA DESAPARICIÓN FORZADA
A. La Constitución
B. El Código Penal
C. Tratados internacionales universales y regionales de derechos humanos
III. ESCLARECIMIENTO DE CASOS MEDIANTE LA DETERMINACIÓN DE LA SUERTE O PARADERO DE LAS VÍCTIMAS DE DESAPARICIÓN FORZADAS
IV. FORTALEZAS Y OBSTÁCULOS EN LA APLICACIÓN DE LA DECLARACIÓN
A. Tipificación del delito de desaparición como un delito autónomo y distinto a figuras tales como el secuestro la privación ilegal de la libertad genérica
B. Derecho a la justicia, la verdad y la reparación integral
C. Protección de testigos
V. CONCLUSIONES Y RECOMENDACIONES
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