The Juicios por la Verdad (English: Trials for the Truth) are a judicial proceeding without criminal effects that took place in Argentina due to the impossibility of criminally prosecuting those responsible for the crimes against humanity perpetrated during the last civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983), in view of the passing of the Due Obedience and Full Stop laws and the pardons granted to the members of the military juntas.
These oral trials were the result of the struggle of human rights organizations that sought alternative strategies to confront impunity through the judicial search for the truth.
In her testimony from the Oral Archive of Memoria Abierta, María José Guembe points out that other types of background must also be considered, for example: "Scilingo's statement in 1995 and the twenty-year march in 1996 were the two strong shocks.
[3][4][5] The Mar del Plata trials began in February 2001, promoted by human rights organizations and some 60 local institutions.
[6][7] The trial was conducted between 2001 and 2008 by the Federal Oral Tribunal Number 1, composed of judges Mario Alberto Portela, Roberto Atilio Falcone and Néstor Rubén Parra.