ACCELERATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN ARGENTINA

• Authors: Donna E. A.
• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

Argentina is a party to international agreements of constitutional rank. Particularly important is article 7.5 of the American Convention on Human Rights (so-called San Jose de Costa Rica Treaty) which provides for every detained person to have their case heard by a judge within a reasonable period of time. In compliance with the international obligations our parliament passed two acts which limit the time of provisional detention. The Supreme Court ruled that under article 18 of the Argentine Constitution the accused has the right to have his/her case heard within the possibly shortest time. The principle of speedy proceedings is one of the main principles of the criminal procedure in Argentina. It is represented by time limits for procedures, the period of time for the investigation limited by an act as well as specific procedures such as conditional discontinuance, inquiry in a case of a perpetrator being caught red-handed and simplified proceedings. The person whose legal interest has been violated by excessive lengthiness of the proceedings has the right to lodge a complaint with the court

Keywords

EN

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (ARGENTINA); SIMPLIFIED PROCEEDINGS; SPEEDY PROCEEDINGS PRINCIPLE

Discipline

• LAW_&_ADMINISTRATION: LAW & ADMINISTRATION

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Archivum Iuridicum Cracoviense
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 37-38
• Pages: 273-279
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Donna E. A.

• E. A. Donna, Institut fuer Strafrechtswissenschaften, Universitaet Buenos Aires, Argentinien

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04158098