Uruguay
Elena Zaffaroni Backed Ricardo Perciballe and Questioned Changes in the Crimes Against Humanity Prosecutor’s Office
The FAMIDESA member warned that the measures affecting the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes Against Humanity amount to a weakening of the area. She also said those decisions run counter to what the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has stated.
Elena Zaffaroni, a member of the Association of Mothers and Relatives of Disappeared Detained Uruguayans, expressed her support for prosecutor Ricardo Perciballe and questioned measures that, according to FAMIDESA, affect the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes Against Humanity.
According to Caras y Caretas Uruguay, Zaffaroni said in an interview with Legítima Mañana that the specialized prosecutor’s office was the result of a decades-long process and defended its role in investigating crimes committed during the dictatorship. In that context, she said the specialization made it possible to concentrate case files that had previously been scattered across different courts.
The leader also linked the situation to the ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Maidanik and others vs. Uruguay case. According to what was published by that outlet, she considered that the decisions questioned by human rights organizations run counter to what was established by that court and constitute a serious signal.
Zaffaroni also rejected the argument that the prosecutor’s office has too few cases. Still according to Caras y Caretas Uruguay, the FAMIDESA statement mentions 25 case files under the new Criminal Procedure Code and more than 125 under the previous system, so the total volume exceeds 150 cases.
She also pointed out that any cooperation with other prosecutor’s offices is not the issue under discussion, but rather measures that involve removing members of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office without prior consultation. In that line, FAMIDESA called for the area to maintain and strengthen the resources needed to continue with the investigations and prosecution of crimes committed by state terrorism.
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