The Federal Criminal Cassation Court ratified its decision to declare sexual abuse and rape committed during the last military dictatorship as crimes against humanity. Being considered a crime against humanity means that there is no longer a statute of limitations for reporting dictatorship-era sexual abuse and the crimes are considered to be part of a systematic attack against a sector of the civil population. These include crimes against sexual integrity, such as violence against pregnant women and forced pregnancy. The first time a sexual crime was convicted as a crime against humanity was in 2010 in Mar del Plata. One of the officers convicted of sexual crimes against humanity is Jorge “Tigre” Acosta, who recently seemed to back far-right candidate Javier Milei in an open letter written from prison.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald November 05, 2023 20:46 UTC