Argentina: The government announced the closure of INADI
This is part of Javier Milei's state-level cuts. The Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism stated that they were not notified.
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Argentine presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni announced in his morning address that the government decided to close the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism ( INADI ) as part of the reduction of the state structure of Javier Milei's government.
“We are taking the first steps to dismantle various institutions that serve no purpose, are simply political slush funds, or are used to create jobs for political operatives. The first of these will be INADI . We are beginning its definitive closure,” the spokesperson said. “We will no longer fund political cronyism or places where political favors are exchanged. We cannot allow people to continue supporting politics with their taxes,” he said.
Ads without notification
Presentes contacted INADI and they said they hadn't been notified. "Even yesterday, the appointment of the new administrator, María de los Ángeles Quiroga, was published in the Official Gazette. Anyway, it's something we expected; they want that trophy for the stands.".
The closure of INADI was one of the points of the project “Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentinians”.
“INADI is the space that people in the LGBTI+ community turn to in the face of the many situations of discrimination that persist in our country, whether in the workplace, in educational settings, in other institutions, or in public spaces. These tools
empower people to freely live their sexuality and gender identity, categories protected by the American Convention on Human Rights according to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR),” said a statement from Orgullo y Lucha, the LGBTI+ organization.
To the Ministry of Justice
Within hours of Adorni's announcement, the Ministry of Justice issued a statement criticizing the efficiency of INADI and announcing that the tasks of "protecting any person who suffers any type of discrimination, xenophobia and/or racism" will be absorbed by that ministry.
The National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism (INADI) was created in July 1995 through Law 24,515. This followed the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center, which left 85 dead and 300 wounded. Its objective is "the development of national policies and concrete measures to combat discrimination, xenophobia, and racism, promoting and carrying out actions for this purpose," as stated in Article 2 of the law passed on July 5, 1995.
Among its functions, INADI is tasked with designing and promoting educational campaigns that foster social and cultural pluralism. It is also responsible for eliminating discriminatory, xenophobic, or racist attitudes, and for receiving and centralizing complaints about such conduct.
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