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B. Declaration of abandonment
B.1 Arguments of the Commission and of the parties
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Cf. Advisory Opinion OC-17/02, supra, paras. 67 and 71.
Cf. Advisory Opinion OC-17/02, supra, paras. 72, 75 and 77; Case of Fornerón and daughter v. Argentina. Merits,
reparations and costs. Judgment of April 27, 2012. Series C No. 242, para. 47, and Case of the Pacheco Tineo family v.
Bolivia. Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of November 25, 2013. Series C No. 272, para.
226.
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Cf. Convention on the Rights of the Child, Articles 2, 3, 6 and 12; Committee on the Rights of the Child, General
Comment No. 5: General measures of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Articles 4 and 42
and Article 44(6)), November 27, 2003, UN Doc. CRC/GC/2003/5, para. 12, and Advisory Opinion OC-21/14, supra,
para. 69. See also, expert opinion of Carolina Pimentel González provided by affidavit on May 16, 2017 (evidence file,
folio 7244).
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318
Cf. Advisory Opinion OC-17/02, supra, para. 65, and Case of the Pacheco Tineo Family v. Bolivia, supra, para. 218.
319
Cf. Advisory Opinion OC-17/02, supra, paras. 56, and Case of Rochac Hernández et al. v. El Salvador, supra, para.
106.
Cf. Case of Atala Riffo and daughters v. Chile. Merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of February 24, 2012. Series
C No. 239, para. 109, and Case of Fornerón and daughter v. Argentina, supra, para. 50.
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