ABSTRACT
In Argentina, contextual conditions-the nature of the transition, access to the political system, and levels of police corporateness-have created more opportunities than in Chile for the civil rights coalition to influence the political system. Moreover, early decisions made by advocacy groups’ leaders allowed them to frame human rights as an ongoing problem. This partly explains why advocacy groups became relevant during the 1990s and why policymakers initiated important reforms at the provincial level in Buenos Aires.
