Genética, derechos humanos y política estatal en la Argentina: la creación del Banco Nacional de Datos Genéticos y del Registro Nacional de Datos Genéticos vinculados a delitos sexuales (1987-2017)

This article analyzes the creation and regulation of two large national biobanks in Argentina: theNational Bank of Genetic Data and the National Registry of Genetic Data linkedto sexual crimes (1987-2017). The objective of this work is to show the common threads of both processes, despite the tempor...

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Main Authors: Catoggio, María Soledad, Irrazábal, Gabriela
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2020
Subjects:
ADN
DNA
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8062514
Source:Revista Via Iuris, ISSN 2500-803X, Nº. 29, 2020, pags. 157-182
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Summary: This article analyzes the creation and regulation of two large national biobanks in Argentina: theNational Bank of Genetic Data and the National Registry of Genetic Data linkedto sexual crimes (1987-2017). The objective of this work is to show the common threads of both processes, despite the temporal distance between one and the other. The process analyzed from the legislative debates reconstructs the agreements and controversies that for thirty years were part of a common discussion: how to articulate from the State the use of DNA techniques in the service of human rights, in accordance with the diversification of demands of activism victims and the growing international demands for standardization of these techniques for judicial investigation. The solution that was imposed was the process of differentiation and division of labor that led to the creation of two separate banks to respond, at the same time, to different groups of victims, without clashing with international demands, but whose effect was to reinforce the figure of the “citizen-victim”. In this course, the work shows the central role ofthe activism of the victims -and its global articulations-to socially installclaims for both reparation and punishment, motorize punitive penal reforms and impose a new regime of truth for society in general and justice in particular: that of genetictesting.