Legal memorandum: Argentinas’s Full Stop and Due Obedience laws
The ICJ and Amnesty International have repeatedly expressed their concern about the incompatibility of Argentina’s Full Stop Law, Law No. 23,492 of 12 December 1986, and Due Obedience Law, Law No. 23,521 of 4 June 1987, with international law.
Argentina: military jurisdiction and domestic legislation
Under pressure from the Armed Forces, the “Full Stop” Law (“Ley de Punto Final”) was passed. Later, following the military uprising by the so-called “carapintadas” (“painted faces”), the “Due Obedience” Law (“Ley de Obediencia Debida”) was also passed.
Argentina- Ley de Migraciones-2004
Argentina- Ley de Migraciones-2004-spaLSF y ACP, Family Tribunal of the 4th Court District of the City of Cordoba, Argentina (6 August 2003)
Procedural Posture The plaintiff filed a complaint to the family tribunal to obtain custody of her children, which had previously been granted to her former husband. Facts Following the divorce of the plaintiff and her husband (the respondent), custody of the two...Recent News
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