May 17, 2021.
Since 2004, the International Day Against Discrimination due to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression has been celebrated with the aim of making visible and raising awareness about the situations of violence suffered by the LGBT + community. The choice of the date is due to the fact that on May 17, 1990, the WHO General Assembly recognized that no sexual orientation should be considered a disorder, and eliminated homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
May 20, 2021.
During May 19 and 20, the International Congress "Transparency, prison and the COVID-19 pandemic in comparative perspective" was held. The event was attended by specialists from around the world who analyzed the culture of transparency in prisons and its transformation in the last 30 years.
May 28, 2021.
Established in 1987 by the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, this day seeks to raise awareness about the importance of implementing joint actions to guarantee access to health for all women in the world.
May 31, 2021.
The Prison Ombudsman's National Office and the National Institute of Human Rights of Chile held a new virtual working day.
June 14, 2021.
Representatives of the Marcos de Paz Program participated as trainers in the seminar "Theory and Practice of Restorative Methodology in Confinement" for agents belonging to the Buenos Aires Penitentiary Service (SPB). It is organized by the General Directorate of Training Institutes, through the Directorate of Penitentiary Studies. More than 100 students participate virtually in the training course.
June 15, 2021.
A collective action for Corrective Habeas Corpus filed by the Litoral Delegation of the Prison Ombudsman's National Office was resolved favorably. The resolution will benefit detainees housed in a police station in the capital of Santa Fe.
June 16, 2021.
On Tuesday, June 15, a visit was made to the Community Mayor's Office No. 8 located in the Villa Lugano neighborhood. It is the establishment with the highest number of persons deprived of liberty in the orbit of the CABA Police.
June 22, 2021.
The seventh virtual working day was held between the National Penitentiary Office and the National Institute of Human Rights of Chile.
June 23, 2021.
Chamber I of the Federal Chamber of La Plata revoked the resolution of Federal Court No. 2 of Lomas de Zamora, which declared the sentence that had ordered the creation of a work regime for the federal prison system as executed.
June 25, 2021.
Torture is considered a crime at the international level, however, it is still a practice that takes place in different countries of the world. In Argentina, one of the places in which it occurs is in prisons and detention centers.
June 25, 2021.
The second meeting was held between the Prison Ombudsman's National Office and the Peruvian Ombudsman's Office (DPP).
June 28, 2021.
The LGBT + collective continues to be one of the most marginalized groups in Latin American societies. Those who pass through the prison suffer a differential impact on incarceration.