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A. General considerations on the rights of the child
Cf. Case of the “Street Children” (Villagrán Morales et al.) v. Guatemala. Merits. Judgment of November 19, 1999.
Series C No. 63, para. 194, and Case of Rochac Hernández et al. v. El Salvador. Merits, reparations and costs. Judgment
of October 14, 2014. Series C No. 285, para. 106.
307
Guatemala ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child on June 6, 1990, and it entered into force on
September 2, 1990.
308
Cf. Case of Gelman v. Uruguay, supra, para. 121; Case of García Ibarra et al. v. Ecuador. Preliminary objections,
merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of November 17, 2015. Series C No. 306, para. 117, and Rights and
Guarantees of Children in the Context of Migration and/or in Need of International Protection. Advisory Opinion OC21/14 of August 19, 2014. Series A No.21, para. 66.
309
310
Cf. Advisory Opinion OC-21/14, supra, para. 66.
Cf. Juridical Status and Human Rights of the Child, Advisory Opinion OC-17/02, August 28, 2002. Series A No. 17,
para. 56; Case of Rochac Hernández et al. v. El Salvador, supra, para. 106, and Advisory Opinion OC-21/14, supra,
para. 66.
311
Cf. Case of Furlan and family members v. Argentina. Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs.
Judgment of August 31, 2012. Series C No. 246, para. 230; Case of Mendoza et al. v. Argentina. Preliminary objections,
merits and reparations. Judgment of May 14, 2013. Series C No. 260, para. 143, and Advisory Opinion OC-21/14, supra,
para. 66. See also, Committee on the Rights of the Child, General comment No. 7: Implementing child rights in early
childhood, UN Doc. CRC/GC/7/Rev. 1, September 20, 2006, para. 17.
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313
Cf. Advisory Opinion OC-21/14, supra, para. 66.
314
Cf. Case of Gelman v. Uruguay, supra, para. 121, and Case of García Ibarra et al. v. Ecuador, supra, para. 117.