The Argentine government will appoint Leonardo Szuchet as the new human rights undersecretary this week to replace Joaquín Mogaburu, who has only been in the position for the past three months.

A source at the justice ministry confirmed to the Herald that the appointment will likely be made effective next week after Mogaburu files his resignation and the ministry accepts it. 

Both Szuchet and Mogaburu have already been informed of the decision, said the source, who added that it is due only to a “change in the administration”.

The move is one of the several changes made at the justice ministry after the appointment of Juan Bautista Mahíques as justice minister — the area in charge of human rights policies — in early March, after Mariano Cúneo Libarona resigned.

Organizations that work with the human rights undersecretariat told the Herald that they did not receive any official information from the government and only found out about the change through........

© Buenos Aires Herald