Argüelles et al.
Case- Summary
The petition concerns the arrest and criminal proceedings for military fraud (based on a series of accounting and administrative irregularities) carried out against 20 Argentine military officers. The legal proceedings were initiated in October 1980 under military jurisdiction and substantiated under the Military Justice Code of Argentina.
The Inter-American Court analyzed aspects of the right to personal liberty and elements to be observed to avoid arbitrary and unlawful detentions. In addition, it analyzed the scope of pre-trial detention and the right to a fair trial under the functioning and jurisdiction of military courts.
- Status
- Active
- Country
- Presentation to the IACommission
- Jun 5, 1998
- Oct 28, 1998
- Submission to the IACourt
- May 29, 2012
- IACommission / Merits report: rights violated
ACHR ADRDM 8.2.d), 8.2.e) 7.2, 7.5 8.1, 1.1 XXV, XXVI, I
- IACourt / Judgment: rights violated
ACHR 7.1, 7.3, 7.5, 8.2, 1.1 8.2.d, 8.2.e, 1.1 8.1, 1.1
- IACourt / Judgment: rights non-violated
ACHR 8.1, 25 9 23
- Descriptors
- Deprivation of liberty
- Military jurisdiction
- Pretrial detention
- Court documents
- Argüelles y otros. Judgment. November 20, 2014
- Arguelles y otros. Hearing. May 27, 2014
- Arguelles y otros. Judgment. June 23, 2015
- Argüelles y otros. Order of the President. June 12, 2013
- Arguelles y otros. Order of the IACourt. January 30, 2019
- Arguelles y otros. Order of the IACourt. May 30, 2018
- Argüelles y otros. Order of the President. April 10, 2014
Documents
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