Argentina. Reluctant Partner

Human Rights Watch, December 2001 

The Argentine Government's Failure to Back Trials of Human Rights Violators

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

I. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

Recommendations 
To the Argentine government
To the United States government

II. BACKGROUND 

III. 1995: A YEAR OF CONFESSIONS 

IV. THE "TRUTH TRIALS" 

V. THE THEFT OF BABIES 

VI. AMNESTY VOIDED: THE CAVALLO DECISION 

VII. IMPUNITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW 

The Amicus Brief 
Extraterritoriality and Universal Jurisdiction 

VIII. TRANSNATIONAL JUSTICE 

The Spanish Genocide Indictment 
The Olivera Debacle 
Trials in absentia 
Alfredo Astiz 
German Warrant for Suárez Mason 

IX. OPERATION CONDOR 

The Condor Case in Argentina 

X. OFFICIAL REACTIONS

XI. THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES 

Advances in Accountability in U.S. Courts 
The Honduran Connection