Overview

• Decree 709/2025 was published in the Official Gazette, naming the Security Ministry as the implementing authority for the national genetic data registry.
• The registry's use now extends to investigations of intentional homicides, sexual offenses, narcotrafficking, and aggravated robberies under the reform aligned with Law 27.759.
• The database will store profiles from crime‑scene evidence, suspects and convicts, unidentified human remains, relatives of missing persons, participating justice and security personnel, and adult volunteers.
• Strict safeguards require separating genetic profiles from identifying data, allowing decoding only under judicial control after a positive match, and logging all authorized access over secure connections.
• The measure creates the National Genetic Fingerprint Commission, sets a public competition within 120 business days to appoint a director with SINEP‑specified pay and an interim option, and orders interoperability with provincial registries while integrating data from the earlier 2013 registry and repealing the 2017 rules.