Argentina
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- May 1, 1853, amended in August 1994
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- partly based on the U.S. system and partly on the European system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Deputies
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, the nine judges are appointed by the President with Senate approval
RELIGIONS
92% Catholics, Protestant, Jewish, and other minorities
From the country
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2008ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
ARGENTINA. DEATH PENALTY BAN PROTOCOLS RATIFIED
Argentina ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aimed at the abolition of the death penalty.
- AUGUST 8, 2008ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
ARGENTINA: SCRAPPING OF MILITARY CODE OF JUSTICE WELCOMED
Amnesty International USA welcomed 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.
- AUGUST 6, 2008ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
ARGENTINA. LAST VESTIGES OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED
the Argentine Congress eliminated the Military Code of Justice, thereby eliminating a special jurisdiction dating back to the 19th century, as well as burying the last vestige of the death penalty and ending punishment for homosexuality.
- JANUARY 1, 2008ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Argentina voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Argentina voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY-LATIN AMERICA: BROAD SUPPORT FOR UN MORATORIUM
many Latin American governments have not yet adopted a position, or have not communicated one, but the majority trend in the region appears to be to support the UN resolution for a Moratorium on the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2007ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.
- JANUARY 1, 2006ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.
- APRIL 20, 2005ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.
- APRIL 21, 2004ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.