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In any case, every effort should be made to enable siblings to maintain contact with each
other, unless this is against their wishes or interests.568
States Parties recognize the right of a child who has been placed by the competent authorities
for the purposes of care, protection or treatment of his or her physical or mental health, to a
periodic review of the treatment provided to the child and all other circumstances relevant to
his or her placement.572
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, attached to UN General Assembly Resolution 64/142 , February 24,
2010, UN Doc. A/RES/64/142, para. 17.
568
569
Cf. Convention on the Rights of the Child, art. 3.
570
Cf. Affidavit made by Flor de María Ramírez Escobar on May 8, 2017 (evidence file, folio 6814).
Cf. ECHR, Case of Scozzari and Giunta v. Italy [GS], Nos. 39221/98 and 41963/98, Judgment of July 13, 2000,
para. 169.
571
Convention on the Rights of the Child, art. 25. See also, Committee on the Rights of the Childs, Consideration of
reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention. Concluding observations: Latvia, June 28, 2006,
CRC/C/15/Add.58, para. 33.
572
Cf. Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, attached to UN General Assembly Resolution 64/142 , February
24, 2010, UN Doc. A/RES/64/142, para. 67.
573