violations of the rights to nationality and to work, established in Articles 20(3) and 26 of the American Convention, since it has declared that the State did not violate Articles 24, 1(1) and 2 of the American Convention. 80. During the public hearing in this case, the representatives alleged the violation of Article 21 of the Convention based on the iura novit curia principle. The Court notes that the representatives indicated that the USAC had retained Mr. Hendrix’s degrees in law and the notarial profession. In this regard, the State indicated that the reason why the USAC had not delivered the degrees to Mr. Hendrix was because he had not made the necessary arrangements with the USAC (supra para. 28). The Court finds that it does not have sufficient factual and probative elements to examine these arguments and, therefore, it will not rule on the alleged violation of Article 21 of the American Convention. VII OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 81. Therefore, THE COURT, DECLARES: By six votes to one, that: 1. The State is not responsible for the violation of the right to equality before the law recognized in Article 24 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to the obligations to respect and to guarantee rights established in Articles 1(1) and 2 of the American Convention, to the detriment of Steven Edward Hendrix, pursuant to paragraphs 66 to 76 of this judgment. Dissenting Judge Rodrigo Mudrovitsch. By six votes to one, that: 2. The State is not responsible for the violation of the right to judicial protection recognized in Article 25(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to the obligation established in Article 1(1) of the Convention, to the detriment of Steven Edward Hendrix, pursuant to paragraph 78 of this judgment. Dissenting Judge Rodrigo Mudrovitsch. AND ESTABLISHES Unanimously, that: 3. The Secretariat of the Court shall notify this judgment to the Republic of Guatemala, the representatives of the alleged victim, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 4. The file is closed. DONE, at San José, Costa Rica, on March 7, 2023, in the Spanish language. Judges Nancy Hernández López and Patricia Pérez Goldberg advised the Court of their concurring opinion, and Judge Rodrigo Mudrovitsch advised the Court of his dissenting opinion. 25

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