• Argentina: Guarantee Women’s Access to Health Care
    Aug 10, 2010
    Press release
    Thousands of women and girls in Argentina suffer needlessly every year because of negligent or abusive reproductive health care.
  • UN: Mixed Results for New Review Process
    Apr 18, 2008
    Press release
    The first session of the new country review mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council was undermined by inconsistencies and the timidity of some governments in reviewing others, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 18, 2008 the council concluded a two-week session in which it examined the records of 16 countries as part of the new Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.
  • Human Rights Council Begins Universal Periodic Review
    Apr 6, 2008
    Press release
    The UN Human Rights Council will begin a new review process on April 7, 2008. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is the most innovative and ambitious instrument of the council and was set up to assess the human rights performance of all 192 UN member states over a four-year cycle.
  • Reproductive health is the right of all
    May 24, 2007
    Press release
    Women in Tierra del Fuego now have fewer options to prevent pregnancy and risk giving birth to unwanted children than they did a month ago. Thanks to a judge in Ushuaia, poor women and adolescents in this province no longer have access to emergency contraceptive pills. But the ruling, to suspend free distribution of these pills via the public health sector, is based on scientific ignorance and will have dire consequences for the health and well-being of poor Argentinian women.
  • Argentina: Court Convicts ‘Dirty War’ Torturer
    Aug 4, 2006
    Press release
    The conviction of a former police official who brutally tortured detainees during Argentina’s “dirty war” (1976-1983) is a landmark victory for Argentine justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Argentina: ‘Disappearances’ Trial Breaks Years of Impunity
    Jun 19, 2006
    Press release
    The trial tomorrow of a former police commissioner on charges of illegal arrest and torture during Argentina's “dirty war” marks the end of 20 years of impunity under amnesty laws annulled one year ago, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Argentina: New Law Weakens Judicial Independence
    Feb 23, 2006
    Press release
    By voting to overhaul the composition of the body that nominates and dismisses judges, the Argentine Congress has undermined safeguards of judicial independence in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Argentina: Limits on Birth Control Threaten Human Rights
    Jun 15, 2005
    Press release
    Argentina’s restrictions on access to contraceptives and abortion threaten women’s fundamental rights to life, health and equality.
  • Argentina: Amnesty Laws Struck Down
    Jun 14, 2005
    Press release
    The Argentine Supreme Court’s decision today to strike down the country’s amnesty laws is a landmark victory against impunity for gross human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. The two amnesty laws had blocked the prosecutions of crimes committed under the country’s military dictatorship.
  • Argentina Confronts Past on Coup Anniversary
    Mar 24, 2004
    Press release
    Argentina's commemoration of its 1976 military coup reflects the considerable progress the country has made in addressing past human rights abuses.