Overview
- Federal Administrative Court No. 11 granted a collective amparo by CELS and struck down Resolution 943/2023 that set the protest response protocol.
- Judge Martín Cormick held that the Executive assumed powers reserved for Congress by attempting to legislate on criminal and procedural matters.
- The protocol had enabled immediate intervention against roadblocks by treating them as flagrancy and dispensing with prior judicial orders.
- Cormick wrote that only judges and prosecutors may classify conduct as criminal and authorize the use of force to disperse demonstrations.
- The court found the protocol’s identification, filming and data collection of protesters violated the National Intelligence Law, and said affected individuals may file criminal complaints over actions taken under it.