Law on the Expiration of the Punitive Claims of the State
The Law on the Expiration of the Punitive Claims of the State (Spanish: Ley de Caducidad de la Pretensión Punitiva del Estado), called in short the Expiry Law (Spanish: Ley de Caducidad) granted an amnesty of sorts to the military who eventually committed crimes against humanity during the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay. It was implemented as an ad-hoc solution to a political crisis with the background of military resistance to the Uruguayan redemocratization process in course.
This law was proposed by the first government of
This law was extremely controversial in nature, and was kept in force for a long time:
References
- ^ Francisco Gallinal (28 February 2009). "La ley de caducidad". El País. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Uruguay Annual Report 2011". Amnesty International. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "A brief history of Uruguay's Expiry Law". London School of Economics. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Law No. 18831". Parliament of Uruguay. Retrieved 19 November 2017. (in Spanish)
- ^ "¿Es posible "reinstalar" la ley de caducidad? La opinión de los juristas sobre la propuesta de Manini Ríos". la diaria (in Spanish). 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ Cientochenta, Grupo. "Suprema Corte declara inconstitucional ley de pretensión punitiva". www.180.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-30.
External links
- Texto de la Ley 15.848 de la Caducidad de la Pretensión Punitiva del Estado. (in Spanish)
- Texto de la Ley 15.737 de Amnistía de Todos los Delitos Políticos, Comunes y Militares conexos con éstos. (in Spanish)