Related Rule
Argentina
Practice Relating to Rule 100. Fair Trial Guarantees
Section J. Compelling accused persons to testify against themselves or to confess guilt
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1969) provides: “No moral or physical pressure shall be exercised on a prisoner of war to make him confess guilt for the act of which he is accused.”
Argentina, Leyes de Guerra, RC-46-1, Público, II Edición 1969, Ejército Argentino, Edición original aprobado por el Comandante en Jefe del Ejército, 9 May 1967, § 2.083(1).
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1989) states that judicial proceedings must afford the guarantee that there is “no pressure on the prisoner to confess guilt”.
Argentina, Leyes de Guerra, PC-08-01, Público, Edición 1989, Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas, aprobado por Resolución No. 489/89 del Ministerio de Defensa, 23 April 1990, § 3.30.
With respect to occupied territories, the manual states that there shall be “no pressure in order to obtain a confession”.
Argentina, Leyes de Guerra, PC-08-01, Público, Edición 1989, Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas, aprobado por Resolución No. 489/89 del Ministerio de Defensa, 23 April 1990, § 5.09(3).
In the case of non-international armed conflict, the manual provides for the “absence of pressure [on the accused] to obtain a confession of guilt”.
Argentina, Leyes de Guerra, PC-08-01, Público, Edición 1989, Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas, aprobado por Resolución No. 489/89 del Ministerio de Defensa, 23 April 1990, § 7.10.
