The
Full stop law, Ley de Punto Final, was passed by the
National Congress of
Argentina in 1986, three years after the end of the military dictatorship of the
Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (1976 to 1983) and restoration of democracy. Formally, this law is referred to by number (Law No. 23492), like all others in Argentine legislation, but
Ley de Punto Final is the designation in common use, even in official speeches. It was passed after the government in 1985 had prosecuted men at the top of the military hierarchies in the
Trial of the Juntas for crimes committed during the
Dirty War against political dissidents. Several officers were convicted and sentenced; the government's security and military forces had "
disappeared" and killed an estimated 15,000-30,000 people.