40 g. the State violated the "right to nationality when it denied Maria Macarena Gelman Garcia the parent-child relationship with Maria Claudia Garcia and Marcelo Gelman, both citizens of Argentina, which entitled her, from the moment of her birth, to the Argentine nationality held by her parents." This nationality, nevertheless, due to the lack of awareness of its true nature— unknown since her childhood years—from the actions and omissions of Uruguay in this case, by not reversing the false identity imposed on Maria Macarena, in turn provoked an arbitrary deprivation of her right to nationality; h. “the violation of this law persisted in time, which forced Maria Macarena to live with a family that was not her biological family, with a name different than the one given to her by her parents, under a false identity that affected her right to develop in a society and culture of her own and to exercise the rights to which her juridical personality entitled her, such as the right to receive the nationality of her parents." i. under Article 18 (of the Convention), Uruguay was required to return to María Macarena "her true name, surname, kinship, and identity.” Though, María Macarena "was able—by means of the personal efforts and investigations of Juan Gelman—to rectify her irregular juridical situation and recover her true identity," "her right to a name was violated for many years, thereby affecting her development, her life plan, her family ties, and the exercise of her rights for a long period of time, which has permanently scarred her life and the lives of her next of kin”; j. “[f]rom the date that Macarena knew her true origins [...] she has been committed to finding justice and to know the whereabouts of Maria Claudia," to which "the lack of response by the Uruguayan authorities has caused her deep suffering" and the frustration and helplessness due to the impunity that still veils the enforced disappearance; and, k. "the absolute lack of State action in this case in order to reunify the family, and to restore the true identity of Mary Claudia, represented a clear violation of the rights of Maria Macarena, Juan Gelman, and their next of kin [... ] to the protection of their dignity and honor." 105. The State did not refer specifically to these allegations, but did acknowledge the violations of the human rights of María Macarena Gelman García as a whole (supra paras. 19 to 22). B. Facts regarding the situation of María Macarena Gelman García 106. Concerning the facts of the enforced disappearance of María Claudia García (supra paras. 44 to 63 and 79 to 90), on January 14, 1977, María Claudia García’s daughter was placed in a basket and left on the doorstep of the family of Uruguayan police officer Ángel Tauriño,115 located in the Punta Carretas neighborhood in Montevideo, Uruguay, with a note indicating that the baby girl had been born on November 1, 1976, and that her mother could not care for her. 116                                                          115 Cf. Statement rendered by María Macarena Gelman during the public hearing, and Statement of Juan Gelman during the public hearing. 116 245. Cf. Statement of María Macarena Gelman before the Inter-American Commission, evidence, folio

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