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Argentina

Argentina

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Overview

Argentina is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for South America (ROSA). Established in 2009, the office works with State institutions, civil society organizations, regional and international organizations and the UN in order to strengthen their capacities in promoting and protecting all human rights. Read more >

News & Statements

Latest news

30 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

Argentina: UN committee welcomes friendly settlement with domestic violence victim

06 Jul 2023

Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon and Ghana

06 Apr 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review Russia, Niger, Argentina, Portugal, Philippines and Tajikistan

04 Apr 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances issues findings on Argentina, Costa Rica, Germany and Zambia

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Latest statements & messages

23 Jun 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Chile: High Commissioner addresses regional meeting on transitional justice

23 May 2019

Special Procedures

Statement to the media by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, on the conclusion of his official visit to Argentina, 6-17 May 2019

18 Mar 2019

Special Procedures

Statement to the media by the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, on the conclusion of its official visit to Argentina, 11-18 March 2019

21 Sep 2018

Special Procedures

Preliminary Observations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Ever, on her mission to the Argentina 12-21 September 2018

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Featured Stories

30 August 2023 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“Where’s my stolen grandchild?” Argentina seeks truth, justice

Mothers and grandmothers of victims of enforced disappearances during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship continue their fight to find loved ones as region struggles with traumatic past.
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13 December 2019 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Human Rights Committee gives top grades for follow-up to five countries

The Human Rights Committee has given top ratings to five countries for satisfactorily implementing its recommendations.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/53/29/Add.1: Visit to Argentina - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Advance unedited version)

A/HRC/42/59/Add.2: Visit to Argentina - Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

Report of the Special Rapporteur on right to food on her mission to Argentina -Comments by the State

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on his visit to Argentina - Comments by the State

A/HRC/40/59/Add.2: Visit to Argentina - Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

A/HRC/40/56/Add.3: Visit to Argentina - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Argentina

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Argentina

Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Argentina

Argentina: Concluding observations

Concluding observations on the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic reports of Argentina

Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Argentina

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48

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