Does Argentina use jury trials?
Limited use / mixed courts
Argentina has a jury system specifically for serious criminal cases since November 2015.
Argentina is one of 12 countries classified “Limited use / mixed courts” for jury trials — 44% of the 27 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Jury trial
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Brazil
- Limited use / mixed courts Jury trials in Brazil are restricted to intentional crimes against life.
- South Africa
- Not used Jury trials were abolished in 1969 and are not currently used in the South African justice system.
- United States
- Jury trials used Jury trials are a fundamental constitutional right for criminal cases and are widely used in civil matters.
- New Zealand
- Jury trials used Jury trials are a standard right for serious criminal offences and specific civil cases.
- Canada
- Jury trials used Canada guarantees a constitutional right to jury trials for serious crimes and most indictable offences.
- Ireland
- Jury trials used Jury trials are a standard feature of the criminal justice system and specific civil defamation cases.
Other laws in Argentina
- Death Penalty
- Fully abolished
- Gun Laws
- Permissive
- Military Conscription
- No conscription
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