“Argentina is responsible for widespread and persistent violations of the Convention against torture”
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, upon concluding his visit to the country, said that detention conditions in provincial police stations and prisons “severely contravene international standards and are incompatible with human dignity.” He also denounced the “degrading” conditions in the Melchor Romero psychiatric hospital and police violence in low-income neighborhoods. At the same time, he urged the Argentine state to allocate “sufficient resources to ensure the timely processing and adjudication of the remaining cases and trials for crimes against humanity.”
Deaths in Pergamino police station are the responsibility of provincial state
Seven people detained in a Pergamino police station died in a fire. After the Verbitsky ruling, in which confinement in police facilities was deemed unconstitutional, the number of people held in such establishments went down to 600. Today it is at 3017.
No psychiatric asylums by 2020 is possible
Joint statement by the Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ), the Asociación por los Derechos en Salud Mental (ADESAM) and CELS.
Ruined Lives: Segregation from Society in Argentina’s Psychiatric Asylums
Autor/a: Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI), Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS)
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