Overview

• The ceremony at the Faculty of Law’s Salón de Actos took place during the third UBA Film Festival and concluded with a screening of Argentina, 1985 presented by director Santiago Mitre.
• Honorees were León Carlos Arslanian, Ricardo Gil Lavedra, Guillermo Ledesma and Jorge Valerga Aráoz, with posthumous distinctions for Andrés D’Alessio, Jorge Torlasco and prosecutor Julio César Strassera.
• Rector Ricardo Gelpi highlighted UBA’s duty to educate in democracy, justice, adherence to the law and nonviolence, underscoring the institution’s commitment to public memory.
• Law dean Leandro Vergara said the honors recognize exemplary careers and called the 1985 proceedings the most important juridical event in Argentina’s history.
• Former dean Mónica Pinto delivered the laudatio asserting the trial affirmed the primacy of law and human rights, after which the honorees joined a panel reflecting on its challenges and impact.