- 112 - VIII-4 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.

Select target paragraph3