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States Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure recognition of the principle that both
parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of the child.
Parents or, as the case may be, legal guardians, have the primary responsibility for the
upbringing and development of the child. The best interests of the child will be their basic
concern (bold added).348
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Cf. Civil Code of Guatemala, October 9, 1963, art. 253 (evidence file, folio 3469).
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Convention on the Rights of the Child, art. 18(1).
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Convention on the Rights of the Child, art. 9(2).
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Cf. Case of Fornerón and daughter v. Argentina, supra, para. 119.