LEGAL 392T Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nuremberg Trials, Forensic Science, Unapologetic
1 Mar 2017
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Background: rising leftist guerrilla movement in argentina, coup d"etat led by general jorge rafael videla (march 24 1976) Implementation of forced disappearances to combat the movement: falklands war (1982) brought the attention of the international community to the events transpiring in argentina, national pacification act self-amnesty law (sep 23 1983) Truth: la comisi n nacional sobre la desaparici n de personas (conadep, National commision on the disappeared) excluded those who had been tortured, wrongly imprisoned, raped, etc. 500 babies known to be born in captivity: hundred of torture camps, mass graces, threw people from planes to the ocean. Conadep goals: clarifying what events occurred as well as details describing the events, prevent future human rights violations, determining reparations for victims, focused primarily on investigating . Justice: trials of military juntas resulted in the imprisonment of 5 military generals before prosecutions were halted, military uprisings, punto final for 1987.
