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RIGHT TO A NAME582 OF OSMÍN TOBAR RAMÍREZ IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATION TO
RESPECT AND TO ENSURE RIGHTS
Arguments of the parties and of the Commission
Considerations of the Court
Article 18 of the Convention establishes that: “Every person has the right to a given name and to the surnames of his
parents or that of one of them. The law shall regulate the manner in which this right shall be ensured for all, by the use of
assumed names if necessary.”
582
583
Cf. Case of Gelman v. Uruguay, supra, para. 122, and Advisory Opinion OC-24/17, supra, para. 90.
Cf. Case of Gelman v. Uruguay, supra, para. 122, and Case of Contreras et al. v. El Salvador. Merits, reparations
and costs. Judgment of August 31, 2011. Series C No. 232, para. 112. Similarly, article 8 of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child includes “nationality, name and family relations” within the right of the child to preserve his or her
identity.
584
585
Cf. Case of Gelman v. Uruguay, supra, para. 122, and Advisory Opinion OC-24/17, supra, para. 90.
586
Cf. Case of Rochac Hernández et al. v. El Salvador, supra, para. 116, and Advisory Opinion OC-24/17, supra, para.
91.
587
Cf. Advisory Opinion OC-24/17, supra, para. 90.