Argentina’s restrictions on access to contraceptives and abortion threaten women’s fundamental rights to life, health and equality.

Women in Argentina face arbitrary and discriminatory restrictions on their reproductive decisions and access to contraceptives and abortion.

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's commemoration of its 1976 military coup reflects the considerable progress the country has made in addressing past human rights abuses.

August saw one of the year's most positive developments in human rights: The reopening of the trials of military officers responsible for gross violations of human rights during Argentina's "dirty war" (1976-1983). In mid-August, both houses of Argentina's Congress voted by a large majority to annul the Full Stop and Due Obedience laws, which had barred the prosecution of military officers for human rights violations.

The Argentine Senate’s vote to annul the country’s amnesty laws is a major victory for justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The vote to strike down the laws, held on Thursday morning, was 43 to 7 with one abstention.

The Argentine Chamber of Deputies' vote to annul two laws that shielded the military from prosecution for past human rights violations sets a welcome and historic precedent for Latin America, Human Rights Watch said today.

I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch regarding new initiatives that your government has taken or is actively considering in the field of human rights. We have been greatly encouraged by your recognition of the need for justice and accountability in the construction of a more democratic society, and your insistence that government processes be transparent and open to public scrutiny.