- 111 - B.5 Conclusion Cf. Case of Ximenes Lopes v. Brazil. Judgment of July 4, 2006. Series C No. 149, para. 86, and Case of Gonzales Lluy et al. v. Ecuador, supra, para. 175. 579 Specifically, article 12 establishes that: “the General Directorate for the Welfare of Children and the Family of the Social Welfare Secretariat shall have the mandate of executing the programs for the social welfare and protection of children, in collaboration with the jurisdictional organs, and everything relating to institutions and establishments for children in an irregular situation, as well as the custody, management and treatment of such children.” Children’s Code. Decree No. 78-79 of November 28, 1979, art. 12 (evidence file, folio 3444). 580 Cf. Social Welfare Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic and Movimiento Social por los Derechos de la Niñez y la Juventud, “Public policy and national plan of action in favor of children and adolescents 2004-2015, December 2003 (evidence file, folio 417). 581