The Dream of an Immobile Society
Column published in the June edition of Posdata, CELS’s newsletter.
IACHR Report 2025: Setbacks in Rights and the Deterioration of Democratic Life in Argentina
These are some of the conclusions drawn from the Inter-American Commission’s findings. Furthermore, the document highlights the authoritarian restructuring of the state resulting from the government’s reforms.
We are suing to overturn the emergency decree that overhauled the national intelligence system
We filed a class-action lawsuit in the Federal Administrative Court, seeking to have Decree 941/2025 declared illegal and unconstitutional. The decree turns the Argentine intelligence apparatus into a tool for domestic espionage.
SIDE: The State repurposed for domestic surveillance
Decree of necessity and urgency (DNU) 941/25 further dismantles democratic safeguards over Argentina’s intelligence system. It expands secrecy to unprecedented levels and the autonomy of the Armed Forces, authorizes intelligence agents to detain individuals, and enables the large-scale collection of personal data. The decree is unconstitutional and must be rejected by Congress.
RIGI, First Year: The Libertarian Experiment Under Scrutiny
Autor/a: TNI, EFTE, FARN, CEPPAS, UNSAM, CELS
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A New, Unequal Order: Concentrated Power, a Dismantled State and Lack of Social Protection
The transformation of the state being advanced by the Argentine government is not just an administrative “modernization.” It is a political project that fosters greater concentration of power and inequality, and seeks to effect a regime change by unconstitutional means.
2024 IACHR Report: Human Rights in Argentina
Deterioration in the right to protest and freedom of expression, rollback of memory policies, weakening of protections for LGBTIQ+ rights, austerity measures affecting pensioners, and a rise in child poverty, are among the critical issues the Commission warned about in its annual report. We summarize the Commission’s key findings.
UN: we denounced the restrictions on civic space and the unconstitutionality of the IMF loan at the human rights council
During the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, CELS participated in two interactive dialogues with Special Rapporteurs to present on the current situation in Argentina.
Petition for the Declaration of Unconstitutionality of the Appointments of Lijo and García-Mansilla
The decree in question constitutes a clear violation of the National Constitution and a serious affront to the separation of powers and judicial independence. In response, together with the Civil Association for Equality and Justice (ACIJ), the Institute for Comparative Studies in Criminal and Social Sciences (INECIP), and Poder Ciudadano, we filed an action for constitutional protection (amparo).
IACHR Hearing: State fails to address refugee and asylum issues
CAREF, CELS, and the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM) called on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to urge the Argentine government to repeal Decree 942/2024, as it undermines due process guarantees and the right to seek and receive asylum. Furthermore, we emphasized that the State must uphold its obligations regarding the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and, in particular, ensure the competence of the officials responsible for adjudicating asylum claims.
Argentina must respond to the IACHR on the state of human rights
On Thursday November 14, Argentina will face three hearings where various social movements, human rights organizations and unions will present evidence of serious setbacks in public policies. The key issues raised will be memory, truth, and justice; prevention, punishment, and eradication of gender-based violence; and social and food policies.
We are calling on the Judiciary to strike down the emergency decree that overhauled the intelligence system
We have filed a lawsuit with the federal administrative court. Emergency Decree 614/2024 authorizes the government to conduct mass surveillance, jeopardizing the rights to privacy, personal integrity, and freedom of expression. It also violates the separation of powers.
Intelligence Reform: A Return to the Past that Exacerbates the Problems of Today
The Citizens’ Initiative for Oversight of the Intelligence System (ICCSI) expresses concern over the emergency decree that brings back the SIDE, Argentina’s principal intelligence agency, and calls on Congress to open debate on the measure and to convene the Bicameral Oversight Committee for Intelligence Agencies and Activities.
The Government reaffirmed its policy of criminalizing protests and defended its use of repression before the IACHR
During a public hearing requested by human rights, labor, and social organizations, representatives from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the United Nations expressed their concerns about the use of force, arbitrary detentions, the Ministry of Security’s protocol, and the stigmatization of demonstrators and social organizations.
Letter to German government: Milei’s measures about public politics and human rights for women and LGBTTIQ+ community
In view of Argentine President’s visit to Germany, more than 60 feminist organizations would like to share information on the situation of women’s rights since this government took office.
On Milei’s “omnibus bill”
The Argentine government led by Javier Milei seeks to dismantle essential procedures and implement regressive measures affecting human rights and democracy. Within a span of three weeks, from Decree 70/23 to the proposed “Bases…” law, the Executive Branch introduced 1649 articles altering the entire social and political landscape, protection parameters, and state architecture. Congress bears the political responsibility to refrain from validating it.
Milei’s decree: unconstitutional and incompatible with international law
Autor/a: CELS
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We submit that the Judiciary declare President Milei’s DNU 70/2023 unconstitutional
We filed a petition with Argentina’s federal administrative court. It is our view that the decree violates the separation of powers, suppressing or restricting individual and collective rights and guarantees. We underscore that the DNU’s submission by the executive power breaches constitutional rules, usurping powers that are prohibited to him and reserved for the National Congress.
