Argentina: Congress Passes New Law Requiring Congressional Approval for Public Debt
(Mar. 11, 2021) On March 3, 2021, Argentina’s Congress passed Law 27612 on Public Debt Sustainability, which provides that financing agreements with any international organization must be approved by law. The General Budget Law of the National Administration for each fiscal year is now required to provide a maximum percentage amount assigned to the issuance […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2021-03-11
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Argentina: National Digital Payment System Implemented
(Jan. 28, 2021) On December 7, 2020, the Central Bank of Argentina (Banco Central de la República Argentina, BCRA) implemented the first stage in the rollout of a new national digital payment system. The system, named Transferencias 3.0 (Transfers 3.0), will allow any business or company in the country to charge for its services through payments made through […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2021-01-28
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Argentina: Senate Passes Bill Legalizing Abortion
(Jan. 7, 2021) On December 30, 2020, Argentina’s Senate passed a bill legalizing abortion until the 14th week of pregnancy. The vote, which took place after a 12-hour debate, saw 38 senators supporting the bill, 29 opposing it, and one abstaining. The new law establishes the conditions under which a woman may voluntarily terminate a […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2021-01-07
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Argentina: Mobile Phone, Internet, and Cable TV Services Declared Public Services
(Sept. 4, 2020) On August 21, 2020, Argentina’s president, Alberto Fernández, issued a decree amending the country’s Information and Communication Technologies Law to declare cell phone, internet, and pay television services to be public services. (Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia (Decree of Necessity and Urgency, DNU) 690/2020, Aug. 21, 2020; Ley de Tecnologías de la […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2020-09-04
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Argentina: New Law on Telework Promulgated
(Aug. 24, 2020) On July 30, 2020, the Argentine Congress passed Law 27555 on the Teleworking Contracts Regime, which provides the legal framework for teleworking in employment settings that allow it. The new legislation, which will become effective 90 days after the national government declares the end of the country’s mandatory COVID-19 quarantine, was signed […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2020-08-24
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Argentina: Law on Protection of Women Amended to Include Provisions on Political Violence
(Feb. 26, 2020) On November 20, 2019, the Congress of Argentina adopted Law 27533, which amended several provisions of Law 26485 of 2009 on the Comprehensive Protection of Women, to sanction any behavior that weakens, prevents, or limits the participation of women in public affairs on equal basis with men. The new Law’s amendment of […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2020-02-26
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Argentina: Fund Created for Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking
(Aug. 21, 2019) On July 23, 2019, Law 27508 on the Fund for Direct Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking created a public trust fund in Argentina dedicated to the support and assistance of victims of human trafficking in the country over the next 30 years (art. 5). Under the new Law, assets seized as […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2019-08-21
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Argentina: New Decree Requires Insurance to Cover Environmental Damage
(July 31, 2019) On June 28, 2019, Argentina’s president issued a decree requiring public or private businesses and individuals that carry out activities posing a risk to the environment or the country’s ecosystems to contract for surety insurance for environmental damage. (Decreto Nacional 447/2019, art. 1, BOLETIN OFICIAL (official gazette), June 28, 2019.) Decree 447/2019 […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2019-07-31
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Argentina: New Requirement Adopted for Foreigners Seeking Permanent Residence
(Mar. 25, 2019) On March 1, 2019, the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (National Directorate on Immigration) adopted a measure requiring that foreigners who apply for permanent residence in Argentina prove they have had no criminal record during the ten years prior to their application. The new provision constitutes a seven-year increase over the previous requirement. […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2019-03-25
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Argentina: New Regulation on Use of Firearms by Police
(Dec. 17, 2018) Argentina’s Ministry of Security has issued a regulation allowing federal security forces to use lethal weapons when confronting a crime without first issuing a call to halt or encountering prior direct aggression. (El combate contra el delito: Otorgan más libertades a los agentes federales para usar armas de fuego, CLARIN (Dec. 3, […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2018-12-17
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Argentina: Bill on Gender Parity and Equal Opportunities in the Workplace Proposed
(Apr. 4, 2018) On March 13, 2018, Argentina’s government submitted to the National Congress a bill to amend the Labor Contract Law in order to establish gender parity standards in the workplace. (Proyecto 0038/18, Mar. 13, 2018, Cámara de Diputados website.) The bill aims at implementing equal pay for equal work, enforcing equality in hiring […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2018-04-04
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Argentina: New Restrictions on Early Release and Other Former Dispensations Accorded Violent Criminals
(Aug. 9, 2017) On July 28, 2017, Law 27375 was promulgated to amend Law 24660 on the Execution of Criminal Sentences, prohibiting the early or conditional release or periodic exit from prison of criminals convicted of violent crimes, whether committed individually or with an organized group, such as aggravated homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping resulting in […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2017-08-09
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Argentina: Prohibition of Pesticide Use on Crops During Loading and Transportation
(Sept. 15, 2016) Argentina has banned the application of pesticides to crops while they are being loaded or transported. Law 27262, adopted by Argentina’s parliament in July 2016, forbids the application of and/or treatment with any type of fumigant pesticide in connection with crops, their products and sub-products, cereals, and oil seeds during loading of such […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2016-09-15
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Argentina: Universal Health Coverage Plan
(Sept. 2, 2016) On August 2, 2016, Argentina’s Ministry of Health issued Decree No. 908, which creates a Plan for Universal Health Care (PUHC) aimed at improving the quality of primary health care services, developing and modernizing the Integrated Networks of Health Care Services by providing advanced equipment to the public health care system, and promoting and protecting preventive […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2016-09-02
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Argentina: Expansion of Plea Bargain in Corruption Cases
(Aug. 15, 2016) On June 23, 2016, the Cámara de Diputados (Argentina’s Lower House of Congress) approved the draft Ley del Arrepentido (Law of the Repentant) that would expand plea bargaining in corruption cases, allowing prosecutors to offer criminal suspects the opportunity to bargain for a shorter sentence in exchange for an admission of wrongdoing and […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2016-08-15
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Argentina: Law Forbidding Pardons of Crimes Against Humanity
(Aug. 7, 2015) On July 1, 2015, Argentina’s Senate passed legislation that forbids pardons, amnesties, and the commutations of sentences for crimes against humanity. It became law with all the Senate political parties voting in favor of it. (Sancionaron Ley que Prohibe Indultos, Amnistias y Conmutación de Penas para Delitos de Lesa Humanidad [Law Prohibiting […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2015-08-07
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Argentina: Reform of Code of Criminal Procedure
(Dec. 16, 2014) On December, 4, 2014, a proposal to reform the Code of Criminal Procedure, submitted to the legislature by the Executive branch of Argentina, was passed by the Congress. It passed mainly on the basis of the votes of the President’s party; the opposition voted almost unanimously against it. (Es Ley el Nuevo […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2014-12-16
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Argentina: Proposal to Reform the Criminal Code
(Apr. 25, 2014) In March 2014, the Government of Argentina concluded a draft reform of the Penal Code (PC). (Cómo es el Proyecto Encargado por el Poder Ejecutivo para Reformar el Código Penal, INFOBAE (Mar. 3, 2014).) Proposed amendments to the PC include the reduction of prison sentences for a number of crimes such as […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2014-04-25
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Argentina: New Law on Transgender Rights Approved
(May 16, 2012) On May 9, 2012, the Congress of Argentina passed a law that recognizes the right to gender identity based on an individual's own feelings. The free development of the individual's identity may include the alteration of the person's appearance or of his or her body functions through pharmacological or surgical means. (Ya […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2012-05-16
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Argentina: Criminal Code Amendment to Include Femicide
(May 3, 2012) On April 18, 2012, Argentina's Cámara de Diputados (the lower house of the country's Congress) approved, by unanimous vote, a bill that amends the Criminal Code (Código Penal de la Nación Argentina, Law No. 11.179 of 1984, art. 80, INFOLEG) to include femicide as an aggravated type of homicide. The proposed amendment […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2012-05-03
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Argentina: Supreme Court Decision on Abortion
(Mar. 16, 2012) On March 13, 2012, the Supreme Court of Argentina rendered a decision in the case of an abortion performed on a 15-year-old adolescent, who became pregnant after being abused by her stepfather. (Fallo 259, CSJN [Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación] (Mar. 13, 2012), FSAL [the petitioner] s. /Medida Autosatisfactiva). In […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2012-03-16
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Argentina: Bill Penalizes “Grooming” of Minors on the Internet
(Feb. 8, 2012) On November 2, 2011, the Senate of Argentina approved and sent to the Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies) for further debate a bill that penalizes contact with minors through the Internet for sexual purposes, also known as “grooming” of children through the Internet. (Gustavo Ybarra, El Senado Tipificó como Delito el […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2012-02-08
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Argentina: Draft Legislation on Limitation of Farmland Ownership by Foreigners
(Sept. 28, 2011) President Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina has submitted draft legislation to that country's Congress that would limit land ownership by foreigners. (Protección al Dominio Nacional Sobre la Propiedad, Posesión o Tenencia de lasTierras Rurales [Law for the Protection of the National Ownership, Possession and Holdings of Rural Land] (hereinafter draft LT), Proyecto […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2011-09-28
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Argentina: Criminal Code Amended to Include Money Laundering
(July 20, 2011) On June 17, 2011, the legislature of Argentina passed Law 26683 to amend the Criminal Code in order to update the criminal treatment of money laundering (BOLETIN OFICIAL (June 21, 2011) (official site)). The new Law was adopted in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-governmental body […]
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Rodriguez-Ferrand, Graciela
Date:2011-07-20
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Argentina; Chile: Integration Treaty Enters into Force
(Feb. 18, 2010) The Treaty of Maipú for Integration and Cooperation, designed to revive and update the Peace and Friendship Treaty signed between Argentina and Chile in 1984 but never fully implemented, was signed by representatives of the two countries on October 30, 2009, and entered into force on January 22, 2010. The purpose of […]
