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Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice

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Observed by
  
Argentina

Frequency
  
annual

Date
  
March 24

Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice

Significance
  
Commemoration of the 1976 Argentine coup d'état

Next time
  
24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)

The Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Spanish: Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia) is a public holiday in Argentina, commemorating the victims of the Dirty War. It is held on 24 March, the anniversary of the coup d'état of 1976 that brought the National Reorganization Process to power.

The commemoration was sanctioned as Law 25633 by the Argentine National Congress on 1 August 2002, and promulgated by the Executive Branch on 22 August of the same year. However, it was not implemented as a public national holiday until 2006. The 30th anniversary of the coup was marked by massive demonstrations.

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Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice Wikipedia