History of Civil and Human Rights in Argentina

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
07/09/1819	Independence	Argentina declared its independece from Spain.
12/01/1853	Republicism	Argentina becomes a republic after adopting a constitution.
12/01/1944	Breaking Diplomatic Relations	1944 - Argentina breaks diplomatic relations with Japan and Germany and declares war on them in 1945.
11/27/1945	Joining the UN	Argentina enters World War 2 on the side of the allies and becomes a founding member of the United Nations.
02/24/1946	Election	Peron wins elections for the presidency. He had promised workers higher wages and social security. His wife, Eva Peron - 'Evita' - is put in charge of labour relations.
05/15/1946	The Raid for Peace (Malón de la Paz)	Indian Laboroers were being discriminated against. They had their land stolen from them, and were treated as slaves. they walked to Bueano aires to protest.
03/11/1949	New Constitution	A new constitution strengthens the power of the president. Congress - dominated by Peron's supporters - passes legislation providing jail terms for anyone showing disrespect for the government. Regime opponents are subsequently imprisoned, independent newspapers are suppressed.
05/20/1955	Seperation of Church and State	Parliment agreed to the seperation of church and state, but in order to be President or Vice President you still have to be Roman Catholic.
05/25/1973	President Hector Campora	The Peronist party wins elections in March. Hector Campora is inaugurated president. Argentina is wracked by terrorist violence. Peron returns to Buenos Aires in June. Campora resigns and Peron becomes president in September.
12/01/1974	Junta overthrows Government	Junta Take control of government and rule with a military force.
03/25/1976	Dirty War	A military junta under General Jorge Videla seizes power. Parliament is dissolved. Opponents of the regime and even innocent civilians are kidnapped at night and takedn to secure government buildings were they are tourtured then killed it is known as the 'Dirty War'. It was a Massive Genocied even babies were targeted. Nearly 30,000 people were killed. They were either shot and put in a mass grave of thrown alive from airplanes in to the Alantic Ocean.
11/18/1983	Nuclear Weapon	Argentina creates a Nuclear Weapon.
12/01/1983	Civilian rule	Argentina returns to civilian rule. Raul Alfonsin becomes president. Argentina begins to investigate the 'Dirty War' and charge former military leaders with human rights abuses.
08/26/1985	Lifted Bann on Political party	You can now chose to be in whatever political party you wished. The major parties are Judical, Radical Civic Union, Socialist Party, Republican Proposal, and Civic Coalition
12/01/1985	Rights for Women	Argentina raitifed the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
12/01/1985	Women Rights	Argentina ratified the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
01/01/1987	Divorice is leagalized	Argentina legalizes divorce. It is no long illegal to file for a divorce.
01/01/1990	Children Rights	Argentina ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It was put in the Constitution in 1994.
01/01/1994	Revisal to Constitution	Modified the changed constitution of 1972 made more fair electios, and included a Bill of rigths that delt with political,land and enviornment issues. It includes the right to change their government peacefully,criminal penalties for official corruption, freedom of speech press, and assembly. Freedom of religion,and the freedom to travel.
01/01/1996	Women Rights	Arentina ratified the Inter-American Convention on Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women.
01/01/2000	Women and Children Rights	Argentina put the Natiional Plan of Action Against the Commercial Sexual Explotation of Children into action.
08/25/2000	Children Rights	Argentina had established the National Commission for the Elimination of Child Labor.
05/25/2003	Election	Nestor Kirchner was elected to a 4 year term of office and in 2007 decided not to try for re-election.
01/01/2005	Children and Adolecent Rights	A national law was created in order to protect children and adolecents called the Integral Protection of Children and Adolecents.
12/01/2007	Election	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is the first woman to be elected president in Argentina’s history. She succeeded her husband, Nestor Kirchner, She was the First Women elected President in Argentina which was a big step for women.
03/01/2008	Rights for Disabled People	The National Advisory Committee for the Intergration of People with Disabilities made it so people couldn't be discriminated anymore due to a disability, and busses, schools, and buisnesses needed to be handicapped accessible.
06/01/2008	Minimum Working Age	Congress passed a law that raised the minimum age to work from 14 to 15.
07/18/2008	Juvinile Rights	Case went to sepreme court of Argentina debating what the legal age should be for a juvinile to be persecuted and put in jail when they have conflict with the law. It was decided that minors age 16 to 18 the same procedural rights as adults and limits sentences to 180 days in prison.
08/01/2008	Gay and Lesbian Rights	The National Social Security Administration granted widowed homosexual partners the right to inherit their partners pension
07/13/2010	Gay Mariages	Argintina first in region allowed the right for Gays to wed.
10/01/2011	Election	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won re-election in a landslide.