Argentina.
Argentina's Código Penal punishes failing to help a lost or abandoned child under ten, or an injured, disabled or endangered person, with a fine. Ley 25.855 on social volunteering recognizes and promotes volunteering with nonprofit organizations and directs the national executive to support it.
Is there a legal duty to help a stranger?
LimitedArticle 108 of the Código Penal de la Nación imposes a fine on anyone who, finding a minor under ten, or an injured, disabled or endangered person lost or abandoned, fails to give necessary help when able to do so without personal risk, or fails to notify the authority immediately. The amount in the text (750 to 12,500 pesos) is an old figure that the Infoleg note says was updated in 1993.
Are people who help protected?
No general duty foundNo national statute specifically protecting people who help a stranger in good faith was found in the sources reviewed. Ley 25.855 expressly leaves out isolated, sporadic voluntary acts done for family, friendship or good-neighbor reasons, so it does not serve that purpose.
How the government promotes giving and service
One thing worth knowing
Ley 25.855 makes accredited volunteer work a mandatory merit factor in competitions for public-sector vacancies.
What this does not mean
Translations are this guide's own. No tax rule for donations or any patronage law was verified for Argentina, so none is described. Article 108 is a minor-penalty offense, and how it is applied in practice was not reviewed. This is a plain-language summary of public sources, not legal advice, and it does not rank countries. No government named here has endorsed this site.