finally...last week more than 20 years after the end of argentina's sickening military junta of the mid-1980's used it injudiciously the argentine parliament voted to scrap the 1951 military code of justice, thus abolishing the death penalty in all cases and closing military courts of justice...
argentina now joins the global trend towards total abolition of the death penalty... this move is also a major step towards ensuring that human rights abuses are dealt with by civilian courts...
the decision abolishes provisions for the death penalty for crimes committed in times of armed conflict or in peace time by members of the armed forces...from now on all military personnel accused of ordinary offenses or crimes under international law will be tried by civilian courts...likewise, military personnel charged with an offense or crime will be free to appoint a civilian lawyer, instead of military...
the argentine parliament passed other provisions which human rights organizations such as amnesty international are studying to mqke sure they are consistent with international law...
peace out <3
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