Argentina: Milei Undermines Judicial Independence

By Human Rights Watch

(Washington, DC) – Argentine President Javier Milei’s decision to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court by presidential decree undermines judicial independence, Human Rights Watch said today.On February 26, 2025, President Milei issued a presidential decree to appoint a federal judge, Ariel Lijo, and a legal scholar, Manuel García-Mansilla, to fill the vacancies. The decision came after President Milei failed, for months, to muster the two-thirds Senate majority needed to fill the vacancies under normal procedures. The idea that President Milei can simply bypass the Senate and make…

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