Colombia: The Constitutional Court recognized inheritance rights for people in same-sex unions.

Peru: General elections (president and Congress).

The UN Human Rights Committee issued its ruling in L.M.R. v. Argentina, ruling against the government of Argentina.

Nicaragua: Samira Montiel was named as the first ombudsperson for sexual diversity.

The UN General Assembly affirmed that international human rights protections include sexual orientation and gender identity. The statement was read aloud to the General Assembly by Argentina; 12 of the 66 countries that were signatories were Latin American. 

Brazil: Federal Decree 7037/2009 approved the National Human Rights Plan recommending that abortion be treated as a case of public health and that a monitoring system for cases of legal abortion be established. The plan also pushes for the decriminalization of abortion, recognizing women’s right to decide over their bodies.

Argentina: F.A.L. Case – An abortion was requested by the mother of a 15-year-old girl who became pregnant after being abused by her stepfather. After both a family court and a court of appeals rejected the request, she appealed to the highest provincial court, which authorized an abortion. Following the provincial court’s ruling, the Corporation of Catholic Lawyers presented an injunction but failed to prevent the procedure from being performed. The case became famous after the teenager denounced having been raped by her stepfather, a 50-year-old police officer.

Argentina: Presentation of a bill by the National Campaign for the Decriminalization of Abortion.

Argentina: J.F.O. Case – A family judge from Comodoro Rivadavia, Diana de Kasakevich, rejected the abortion request of a 15-year-old girl who was raped by her stepfather.

Argentina: J.F.O. Case – The appeals court of Comodoro Rivadavia granted a legal abortion to a 15-year-old girl who was raped by her stepfather.