The Center for Legal and Social Studies (Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, CELS) is leading organization in the field of human rights. Since its creation in 1979, during the military dictatorship, CELS has fought against systematic violations of human rights in Argentina, investigating, documenting, denouncing, and litigating in favor of the recognition of fundamental rights and transparency. With the return of democracy in 1983, CELS began to work towards the consolidation of the role of the State in protecting human rights, influencing the design and implementation of public policy. With thirty years of experience in Argentina, CELS is making itself into a leading reference in the issue of human rights on a regional and international level. This year, for its 30th anniversary, CELS is taking a great step forward. It will seek to make itself into an even stronger and more influential organization in the region in the fields of human rights, democracy, and good-governance in the global South.
To fight for the relevance of human rights
To denounce human rights violations; to influence the process of forming public policies to include a respect for fundamental rights; to foster legal and institutional reforms in order to improve the quality of democratic institutions; and to promote the greatest exercise of these rights, especially for the most under-protected sectors of society.
Programa Memoria y Lucha contra la Impunidad del Terrorismo de Estado
Programa Violencia Institucional y Seguridad Ciudadana
Programa Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales
Programa Justicia Democrática
Área Litigio y Defensa Legal
Área Investigación
Área de Comunicación
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Inspeccion General de Justicia
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Presentación de Derechos Humanos en Argentina. Informe 2007 en la Feria del Libro. (3 de mayo de 2007)
CELS Trials - The day-to-day trial blog
The new blog of CELS (read it -in Spanish- following this link ) reports on the causes for the crimes against humanity committed by military and civilian forces during the last military dictatorship, across the whole country. CELS takes part in the selection of cases for trial.
According to CELS´s information, there are a total of 180 current cases in the country. Currently, around 829 people are being investigated for crimes related to state terrorism. Of these, 320 are prosecuted, 41 are fugitives from the law, 46 have been declared not guilty due to a lack of evidence, 111 people charged have died, 5 have been declared unfit to stand trial and 5 have been convicted.
In this blog you can read plenty of basic information and documentation with respect to cases that have been brought to trial, like the coverage of the hearings in which debate is being carried out.
Horacio Verbitsky, Laura Jordán de Conte, Eduardo Basualdo, Patricia Valdez, David Blaustein, Carmen A. Lapacó, Fanny Bendersky, Lilia Ferreira, Matilde Mellibovsky, Victorio Paulón, Sofía Tiscornia, Carlos Acuña, Damián Loreti.
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