Juicio a las Juntas (Trial of the Juntas)

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criminal trial human rights trial transitional justice process

Juicio a las Juntas (Trial of the Juntas) was the landmark 1985 Argentine court case that prosecuted the leaders of the last military dictatorship for human rights violations, becoming a global symbol of democratic accountability and transitional justice.

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Juicio a las Juntas	0
Trial of the Juntas	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	criminal trial ⓘ human rights trial ⓘ transitional justice process ⓘ
acquittedPerson	Basilio Lami Dozo NERFINISHED ⓘ Jorge Isaac Anaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Juicio a las Juntas Militares NERFINISHED ⓘ Trial of the Juntas NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Argentine Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
assistantProsecutor	Luis Moreno Ocampo NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnReport	Nunca Más report NERFINISHED ⓘ
charge	crimes against humanity ⓘ forgery of documents ⓘ illegal deprivation of liberty ⓘ kidnapping ⓘ murder ⓘ robbery ⓘ torture ⓘ
convictedPerson	Armando Lambruschini NERFINISHED ⓘ Emilio Eduardo Massera NERFINISHED ⓘ Jorge Rafael Videla NERFINISHED ⓘ Orlando Ramón Agosti NERFINISHED ⓘ Roberto Eduardo Viola NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ
court	Cámara Federal en lo Criminal de la Nación NERFINISHED ⓘ
defendant	Armando Lambruschini NERFINISHED ⓘ Basilio Lami Dozo NERFINISHED ⓘ Emilio Eduardo Massera NERFINISHED ⓘ Jorge Isaac Anaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Jorge Rafael Videla NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri NERFINISHED ⓘ Orlando Ramón Agosti NERFINISHED ⓘ Roberto Eduardo Viola NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn	Nunca Más NERFINISHED ⓘ film La historia oficial (contextual era) ⓘ
endDate	1985-12-09 ⓘ
follows	CONADEP investigation ⓘ Proceso de Reorganización Nacional NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	case against Armando Lambruschini ⓘ case against Basilio Lami Dozo ⓘ case against Emilio Eduardo Massera ⓘ case against Jorge Isaac Anaya ⓘ case against Jorge Rafael Videla NERFINISHED ⓘ case against Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri ⓘ case against Orlando Ramón Agosti NERFINISHED ⓘ case against Roberto Eduardo Viola ⓘ
historicalContext	Dirty War in Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
legacy	inspired later trials of dictatorship crimes in Argentina ⓘ referenced in international human rights law discourse ⓘ
legalBasis	Argentine Penal Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Decreto 158/83 NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Buenos Aires NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive national and international coverage ⓘ
numberOfVictimCasesHeard	around 700 ⓘ
numberOfWitnesses	over 800 ⓘ
periodAddressed	1976–1983 military dictatorship ⓘ
presidingJudge	Alfredo Bisordi NERFINISHED ⓘ Andrés D’Alessio NERFINISHED ⓘ Guillermo Ledesma NERFINISHED ⓘ Jorge Torlasco NERFINISHED ⓘ Jorge Valerga Aráoz NERFINISHED ⓘ León Arslanián NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar P. Leiva NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricardo Gil Lavedra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricardo Haro NERFINISHED ⓘ
prosecutor	Julio César Strassera NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedOrganization	CONADEP NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	historic convictions of military junta leaders ⓘ
significance	first major civilian trial of former military rulers for human rights abuses in Latin America ⓘ landmark in global transitional justice ⓘ precedent for later international human rights prosecutions ⓘ symbol of democratic accountability in Argentina ⓘ
startDate	1985-04-22 ⓘ
subjectOf	documentary film Juicio a las Juntas (archival recordings) NERFINISHED ⓘ numerous academic studies on transitional justice ⓘ
underPresident	Raúl Alfonsín NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1985 ⓘ

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Dirty War → followedBy → Juicio a las Juntas (Trial of the Juntas) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trial of the Juntas

Raúl Alfonsín → notableWork → Juicio a las Juntas (Trial of the Juntas) ⓘ

Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process) → subjectTo → Juicio a las Juntas (Trial of the Juntas) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trial of the Juntas