public and private sector facilities and the Chubut province 78 days after the security collapse of the national 0800 hotline for forces had closed off the area. abortion consultations and referrals. Concerns remained over the lack of By December, at least 37 judicial actions institutional public policies on effective had been initiated against the abortion law. searches for missing persons and However, the law remained in force. investigations of alleged enforced According to official data, every four hours a disappearances. girl aged under 15 gives birth in Argentina. A further autopsy was performed on Mauro Most are forced to carry to term pregnancies Coronel, who was tortured by police in that are the result of rape. Santiago del Estero province in May 2020. By Analysis from an official survey (Aprender the end of the year, no one had been 2019) revealed that only 4% of secondary charged in connection with his death. school students had access to all the basic EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE and mandatory content of comprehensive sexuality education. On 17 November, 17-year-old Lucas González was shot and killed by members of INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS the Buenos Aires City Police after plain- Indigenous peoples continued to face serious clothes officers in an unmarked car difficulties in accessing collective land rights. intercepted the car in which he was travelling The Executive Branch approved the with three friends, who also reported they extension of Emergency Law 26,160 ordering were subjected to torture and ill-treatment. the suspension of evictions of Indigenous On 11 June, Josué Lagos, a 23-year-old communities. However, the National Institute member of the Qom Indigenous people was for Indigenous Affairs barely made any shot by a member of the Chaco province progress in carrying out the survey of security forces during a police operation. The Indigenous territories mandated by the same Special Criminal Prosecutor's Office for law, with just 43% of the survey completed Human Rights ordered the release of the only by the end of the year. person charged in the case on grounds that IMPUNITY there was insufficient evidence to detain him further. The investigation continued. The Trials before ordinary civilian courts Comprehensive Approach to Institutional continued for crimes against humanity Violence by police officials in the Security and committed under the 1976-1983 military Penitentiary Services Bill remained pending regime. Between 2006 and September 2021, before the Lower House at the end of the 264 rulings were handed down, bringing the year. total number of convictions to 1,044 and acquittals to 162. REFUGEES’ AND MIGRANTS’ RIGHTS The investigation into the disappearance In May, the executive branch repealed and death of Facundo Astudillo Castro failed Executive Order 70/2017, which had to make significant progress by the end of the introduced serious regressive measures year. His body was found 107 days after he regarding migrants' rights. was reported missing in late April 2020. He Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers with was last seen at a police checkpoint in limited access to the formal labour market Buenos Aires province. and adequate housing were among those A decision by the Supreme Court in the most affected by Covid-19. case of the possible enforced disappearance Border restrictions continued to affect the of Santiago Maldonado remained pending at resettlement of refugees through Argentina’s the end of the year. His body was found in community sponsorship-based Syria 2017 in a river on Mapuche territory in Programme. Five Syrian refugee families with approval to travel to Argentina had their Amnesty International Report 2021/22 76