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Summary: This report summarises hearings on children's rights in Argentina held by the Inter-American Commission, reports by the Commission's Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child, and cases brought to the Commission and Court.
Argentina is a member of the Organization of American States (OAS). The Inter-American Commission is an autonomous body of the OAS which monitors Member States' compliance with their obligations under regional human rights conventions. Regional instruments ratified Argentina ratified the American Convention on Human Rights on 14 August 1984. Search CRIN's ratifications table to find other regional instruments to which Argentina is a party. _____________________________________________ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearings Several hearings have been held on juvenile justice in Argentina. The Commission asked the Argentinian government to implement a social policy to change the situation of "children detained for reasons other than committing a crime". Country visits by the Commission's Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child In 2008, the Rapporteur conducted a visit to Argentina to gather information for its thematic report on juvenile criminal justice in the Americas. In August 2008, the Rapporteur on Children's Rights gave a presentation on the "Challenges for full and effective compliance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography in the hemisphere". This was part of the "Preparatory Meeting for the World Congress III on Sexual Exploitation", which took place from August 19–22 in Buenos Aires. The Rapporteur met with government authorities and civil society representatives. He interviewed officials of the province of Buenos Aires' National Secretariat of Childhood, Adolescence and the Family; provincial judges specialising in childhood issues; and representatives of Congress. Meetings were also held with representatives of the "Memory Commission of the Province of Buenos Aires" and with civil society organisations, in particular with members of the National Collective on the Rights of Childhood and Adolescence and the Forum for Early Childhood, as well as with the UNICEF team and national experts. Commission reports on Argentina - Inter-American Commission: cases - _____________________________________________ Inter-American Court: cases Argentina has accepted the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court (what does this mean?) Search for cases here.
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