Tag: National Commission for Malvinas Veterans (CECIM)

• Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 10:50 UTC

  Milei presides over Falklands fallen tribute amid thaw in relations with London

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei is leading Thursday's central ceremony marking Veterans Day and the Day of the Fallen in the Falklands War, at Plaza San Martín in Buenos Aires's Retiro neighborhood, where the cenotaph honoring soldiers killed in the 1982 conflict stands. The ceremony, scheduled for 10 a.m., includes a presidential address, a wreath-laying, and a minute of silence before the unknown soldier plaque.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 19:39 UTC

  Former Argentine combatants allege “illegal flights” to the Falklands

  

  The Center of Former Malvinas Islands Combatants (CECIM) La Plata raised concerns about alleged “flights of dubious origin” to the Falkland Islands, emphasizing “potential risks to national sovereignty.” The former combatants called attention to the Argentine government's silence on logistical operations allegedly violating UN resolutions, particularly the Zone of Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic (ZPCAS), established in 1986.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2018 - 06:36 UTC

  Malvinas veterans abused by their officers are demanding justice from IACHR

  

  The Malvinas Islands ex Combatants Center, CECIM has requested the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, IACHR, to intercede before the Argentine government and demand a commitment that human rights abuses suffered by the Argentine conscripts during the South Atlantic conflict will be investigated. The case has 120 plaintiffs and 95 defendants.

• Friday, May 19th 2017 - 12:09 UTC

  Malvinas Veterans expose Argentine Judiciary “delay” in addressing human rights abuses during the war

  

  Malvinas Veterans organizations met with members of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, IACHR, currently in Buenos Aires and complained about the “delay” of Argentine courts in addressing dozens of cases involving human rights abuses committed by Argentine officers against conscripts during the 1982 Falklands conflict.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2015 - 03:58 UTC

  Malvinas Argentine veterans demand justice of abuse suffered at the hands of their officers

  

  Argentine Veterans from the 1982 Malvinas war will continue to voice their condemnation of abuse suffered at the hands of their superior officers as a legal team reiterate their demands for recognition and justice before federal courts in Río Grande on Monday.