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Argentina

Argentina is still scarred by its violent past. The military juntas of the 1970s left thousands of political opponents dead or disappeared. We explore the truth commission, trials, and reparations programs that this country has used to come to terms with its gross human rights violations, effectively making Argentina the regional protagonist of transitional justice.

Projects

Completed projects

May 2014 - Jan 2020

Sexual and Reproductive Rights Lawfare: Global battles

Oct 2014 - Dec 2017

Beyond Words: Latin American Truth Commissions' Recommendations

Jul 2014 - Jun 2017

Abortion Rights Lawfare in Latin America

Sep 2010 - Dec 2014

Reconceptualising Transitional Justice: The Latin American Experience

Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

Litigating the Right to Health

Sep 2009 - Dec 2010

Judicial Independence and Human Rights in Latin America: Violations, Politics and Prosecution

Jan 2002 - Dec 2003

Democratization and the Judiciary

Researchers

Elin Skaar

Research Professor

Publications

CMI Brief | 2017

What causes Latin America’s high incidence of adolescent pregnancy?

Camila Gianella, Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado, Angelica Peñas Defago

Edited Book | 2016

Transitional Justice in Latin America: The Uneven Road from Impunity towards Accountability

Elin Skaar, Jemima Garcia-Godos, and Cath Collins

CMI Insight | 2016

See you in court! Holding the military to account in Latin America

Elin Skaar

CMI Working Paper | 2015

The Argentine Military in Democracy: Moving Beyond Issues of Civilian Control to a Citizen Soldier Paradigm

Kristina Mani

CMI Brief | 2012

Can litigation clean rivers? Assessing the policy impact of "the Mendoza case" in Argentina

Kristi Staveland-Sæter

CMI Report | 2011

Litigating the right to a healthy environment assessing the policy impact of "The Mendoza Case"

Kristi Innvær Staveland-Sæter

Judicial independence and human rights in Latin America: Violations, politics and prosecution

Elin Skaar

The legal foundations of inequality. Constitutionalism in the Americas 1776-1860

Roberto Gargarella

U4 Brief | 2008

The Impact of Information and Accountability on Hospital Procurement Corruption in Argentina and Bolivia

William D. Savedoff

Master's Thesis | 2006

The Judicial Protection of Tolerance in Chile and Argentina. Explaining Freedom of Expression Jurisprudence, 1990-2003

Trine Lauvsnes

Edited Book | 2005

Roads to Reconciliation

Elin Skaar, Siri Gloppen and Astri Suhrke, eds.

Los Fundamentos Legales de la Desigualdad. El Constitucionalismo en America (1776-1860)

Roberto Gargarella

Book Chapter | 2004

In search of democratic justice - what courts should not do: Argentina, 1983-2002

Roberto Gargarella

Democratization and the judiciary: The accountability function of courts in new democracies

Edited Book | 2004

Democratization and the judiciary. The accountability function of courts in new democracies

Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella and Elin Skaar (eds.)

Edited Book | 2003

Democratization and the Judiciary. The Accountability Function of Courts in New Democracies. Special issue of 'Democratization 'vol.10 (2003) no.4

Siri Gloppen, Roberto Gargarella and Elin Skaar

Journal Article | 2003

Søramerikanske militære for retten: Kva skal til?

Elin Skaar

Mennesker og rettigheter

Journal Article | 2003

Un análisis de las reformas judiciales de la Argentina, Chile, y Uruguay

Elin Skaar

América Latina Hoy

Report in External Series | 2002

Judicial independence: A key to justice: An analysis of Latin America in the 1990s

Elin Skaar

CMI Working Paper | 2001

Judicial independence and human rights policies in Argentina and Chile

Elin Skaar

Book Review | 1999

Luis Roniger and Mario Sznajder. 1999. The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone. Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. New York: Oxford University Press

Elin Skaar

Latin American Politics and Society

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