Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who has been under house arrest since 2025, announced on Wednesday that she will take her case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, alleging violations of her fundamental rights in the proceedings that led to her conviction in the Vialidad corruption case. The goal is for the UN Human Rights Committee to review her case and determine whether the judges who presided over her trial violated international human rights standards. What was Cristina Kirchner convicted of? The ruling immediately sparked criticism from Kirchner and her supporters, who have consistently described the case as an act of political persecution. He added that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has previously told the Argentine state that the article is “incompatible” with the human right to a reasoned judgment.