Overview
- The Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo Federal No. 11, led by Judge Martín Cormick, declared Resolution 943/2023 null after granting a collective amparo brought by CELS and allied groups.
- The court ordered the Security Ministry to stop using the protocol and to align operations with the Criminal Procedure Code, as the government prepares an appeal to the federal administrative appeals court.
- The decision says roadblocks cannot be automatically treated as crimes in flagrante to justify force without a judge or prosecutor, and that any limits on assembly or expression require a law from Congress.
- The ruling also faults directives for identifying, filming, and compiling data on protesters as contrary to the National Intelligence Law, and notes the lack of tailored safeguards for vulnerable groups.
- CELS reports nearly 1,400 injuries since the protocol’s rollout, and in a related case the Federal Chamber upheld the prosecution of gendarme Héctor Guerrero for the serious wounding of photojournalist Pablo Grillo.