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
- APRIL 24, 2003ArgentinaDEATH 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 approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Art. 18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete...
Art. 18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete abolition of the death penalty for political motives." A constitutional amendment, passed in 1994, recognizes international treaties signed by Argentina as equivalent to constitutional norms
- APRIL 25, 2002ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Art. 18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete...
Art. 18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete abolition of the death penalty for political motives." A constitutional amendment, passed in 1994, recognizes international treaties signed by Argentina as equivalent to constitutional norms
- APRIL 25, 2001ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the...
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Art. 18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete...
Art. 18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete abolition of the death penalty for political motives." A constitutional amendment, passed in 1994, recognizes international treaties signed by Argentina as equivalent to constitutional norms
- JUNE 5, 2000ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 26, 2000ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Argentina cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Argentina cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- MARCH 1, 2000ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty Argentinians including several police officers...
Twenty Argentinians including several police officers are to be tried as accomplices in the 1994 bombing that levelled a Buenos Aires Jewish community centre, killing 86 people and injuring hundreds
- JANUARY 1, 2000ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Art.18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete...
Art.18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete abolition of the death penalty for political motives." A constitutional amendment, passed in 1994, recognizes international treaties signed by Argentina as equivalent to constitutional norms
- APRIL 28, 1999ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the...
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Art.18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete...
Art.18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete abolition of the death penalty for political motives." A constitutional amendment, passed in 1994, recognizes international treaties signed by Argentina as equivalent to constitutional norms