Argentina

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Overview

Argentina is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for South America (ROSA). Established in 2009, the office works with State institutions, civil society organizations, regional and international organizations and the UN in order to strengthen their capacities in promoting and protecting all human rights. Read more >

News & Statements

Latest news

19 Mar 2026

Special Procedures

Argentina: Alarming setbacks in transitional justice on 50th anniversary of coup d'état, warn UN experts

10 Feb 2026

Treaty bodies

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise Argentina’s Record in Promoting Women’s Leadership, Ask about the Elimination of the Women’s Ministry and Weakening of Services for Violence Victims

09 Feb 2026

Treaty bodies

Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Argentina, the Czech Republic and El Salvador

02 Feb 2026

Treaty bodies

UN women’s rights committee to review Viet Nam, Iraq, Lithuania, Netherlands, Argentina, Czech Republic, El Salvador, and Lesotho

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Latest statements & messages

23 Jun 2023

Multiple Mechanisms

Chile: High Commissioner addresses regional meeting on transitional justice

23 May 2019

Multiple Mechanisms

Statement to the media by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, on the conclusion of his official visit to Argentina, 6-17 May 2019

18 Mar 2019

Multiple Mechanisms

Statement to the media by the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, on the conclusion of its official visit to Argentina, 11-18 March 2019

21 Sep 2018

Multiple Mechanisms

Preliminary Observations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Ever, on her mission to the Argentina 12-21 September 2018

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Featured Stories

A woman stands with her eyes closed and her gloved hands clasped at her chest, a scarf covering her head, in dry scrubland where others are searching.
28 August 2026 Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Families searching for their disappeared still ask: Where are they?

Twenty years ago, families wrote into international law the right to make a State answer one question. This is what the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the Working Group do to get it answered — and what most families are still waiting for.
Close-up of two people holding hands through metal bars, one inside and one outside a detention facility. ©Getty Images / Liderina
21 November 2025 Fund for Victims of Torture

An everyday essential: A life free from torture

When her son was wrongfully detained, Andrea Casamento discovered a prison system in Argentina marked by lack of visibility, violence and silence. Two decades later, her fight — alongside experts from across the Latin American region — sheds light on how everyday actions can help prevent torture and protect dignity inside and outside prison walls.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/53/29/Add.1: Visit to Argentina - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

A/HRC/53/24/Add.3 - Visit to Argentina - Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

A/HRC/52/34/Add.1: Visit to Argentina - Report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights

A/HRC/42/59/Add.2: Visit to Argentina - Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

Report of the Special Rapporteur on right to food on her mission to Argentina -Comments by the State

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on his visit to Argentina - Comments by the State

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CEDAW/C/ARG/CO/8: Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Argentina

CERD/C/ARG/CO/24-26: Concluding observations on the combined twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth periodic reports of Argentina

CED/C/ARG/OAI/1: Concluding observations on the additional information submitted by Argentina under article 29 (4) of the Convention

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Argentina

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Argentina

Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Argentina

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48

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