- 74 - C.2.e Prohibition of improper financial gain The complete text of article 20 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes that: “1. A child temporarily or permanently deprived of his or her family environment, or in whose own best interests cannot be allowed to remain in that environment, shall be entitled to special protection and assistance provided by the State. 2. States Parties shall in accordance with their national laws ensure alternative care for such a child. 3. Such care could include, inter alia, foster placement, kafalah of Islamic law, adoption or if necessary placement in suitable institutions for the care of children. When considering solutions, due regard shall be paid to the desirability of continuity in a child's upbringing and to the child's ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background.” 414 Committee on the Rights of the Child, Concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Guatemala, June 7, 1996, CRC/C/15/Add.58, paras. 21 and 34. 415 Cf. CICIG, Report on irregular adoptions in Guatemala, December 1, 2010, pp. 43 and 81 (evidence file, folios 3040 and 3078). 416 Expert opinion provided by Jaime Tecú during the public hearing held before this Court and written version of this opinion (merits report, folio 1098). 417 418 Expert opinion of Carolina Pimentel González provided by affidavit on May 16, 2017 (evidence file, folio 7278).