Alfredo Ignacio Astiz

Type of liability
Personne physique

Alleged perpetrator(s)
Alfredo Ignacio ASTIZ

Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
Argentine

Legal classification of crime(s)
Arrest
Unlawful confinement
Torture and acts of barbarity

Source of the complaint
Victim

Ongoing proceedings
non

Regime
4 - 113 CP

Summary of facts

Alfredo Ignacio Astiz led the special commando unit of the Argentine Navy Mechanics School (ESMA), one of the clandestine detention centers of the Argentine dictatorship.

Two French nuns from the Institute of Foreign Missions of Notre-Dame de la Motte, Léonie Duquet and Alice Domon, were abducted on December 8 and 10, 1977, after being denounced by Alfredo Astiz.

Legal proceedings

<p>The families of the two nuns of French nationality join as civil parties<br />
1985: France issues an international arrest warrant against Alfredo ASTIZ. In the absence of any extradition treaty between France and Argentina, he will not be extradited to France.<br />
March 16, 1990: Alfredo Ignacio ASTIZ is sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by the Paris Assize Court.</p>

Complaint

oui

Names of NGOs / Victim(s)

Alice DUMON
Léonie DUQUET

Legal basis for jurisdiction (article)

113-7 PC

Court of Assizes judgment

March 16, 1990: Alfredo Ignacio ASTIZ is sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by the Paris Assize Court.

Court of Appeal ruling

n/a

Court of Cassation ruling

n/a

Sources

Amnesty International, « Rapport Annuel: Argentine », 2010

France Amérique Latine, « Condamnation d’Alfredo Astiz », 2011

Amnesty International, « Rapport Annuel: Argentine », 2012

La Croix, « Alfredo Astiz, meurtrier de religieuses françaises sous la dictature argentine, pourrait sortir de prison », 2018