Overview

• On August 8, Kirchner’s defense filed an extraordinary appeal with the Cámara Federal de Casación Penal seeking Supreme Court review of her house arrest conditions.
• The filing calls for the removal of her electronic ankle monitor and the elimination of judicial approval for visits at her Constitución apartment, where she is serving a six-year sentence for the Vialidad fraud conviction.
• Lawyers also requested the recusal of Justices Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz and Ricardo Lorenzetti and the assignment of replacement judges to ensure impartial review.
• The Casación court must first decide whether to admit the appeal before the Supreme Court can consider the constitutional challenge to her detention terms.
• In July, the same appellate chamber upheld the monitoring and visit rules by majority vote, with Judge Mariano Borinsky dissenting on the grounds that the measures exceed the court’s authority and violate constitutional protections.