News of justice system

Domestic Violence

Domestic abuse victim who killed her husband demands justice

29-04-2020 14:00 Paula Córdoba suffered 20 years of domestic abuse, and killed her husband in 2019 with her daughter’s help, stabbing him 185 times in the process. She's now free, but she feels like the State has abandoned her, she explains.

by Nadia Galán

MINISTRY POSITIONS

Will justice be blinder than ever?

08-02-2020 12:38 At a time when the government is trying to minimise the sovereign debt falling under foreign jurisdiction, it would not be a smart move to go monkeying around with the Argentine legal system and undermine its credibility yet further.

by Michael Soltys

COURTS

Supreme Court clears women of murder charges after more than decade behind bars

27-12-2019 18:59 Cristina Vázquez and Lucía Cecilia Rojas absolved by nation's highest court of convictions for murder of a neighbour in 2001.

Women's Rights

Court: Husband must pay ex-wife 8 million pesos for 30 years household duties

12-06-2019 14:14 Local court orders a man to compensate his ex-wife with US$173,000, after she gave up her career to run their household and bring up their children.