The Inter-American Court Condemned Argentina for the Dismissal of Former Judge Eduardo Moliné O'Connor
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In a ruling, that court, after 23 years of debate, held that Argentina “is internationally responsible for violating judicial independence,” in the process of dismissing the former judge that was initiated by former President Néstor Kirchner.
According to this court, judicial independence was violated because the judge, who died in 2014, was removed from the Supreme Court because of the content of his judgements; Argentina must “regulate the pension regime” of the former judge
The international court found that the political trial that ended up ousting the late Supreme Court judge violated the independence of the justice system. In addition, it ordered the State to regularize its security situation and pay compensation to its family.
The inter-American judges concluded that such action constituted undue interference in the separation of powers and an affect on the guarantees of stability and immobility in office.
The ruling also challenged the abolition of his life-long pension and ordered the regularization of the benefit along with the payment of compensatory compensation.The entry The Inter-American Court condemned Argentina for the dismissal of the former judge of the Supreme Court Moliné O’Connor was first published in #BorderPeriodismo.
Argentina was held responsible for the dismissal of Eduardo Moliné O’Connor; the Court ordered reparations and reviewed his pension.
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