imprisonment, the tribunal said that the dictatorship's state terrorism against political dissidents was a form of genocide. It was the first time in the Argentine trials that genocide had been applied to the assaults against the class of political dissidents. See also Amnesty law Trial of the Juntas Law of Due Obedience Carapintadas References Presidency of Raúl Alfonsín Repealed Argentine legislation Dirty War 1986 in Argentina 1986 in law