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E.2.a General considerations on the right to equality before the law, the
prohibition of discrimination, and the special protection for children
Cf. Case of the "Five Pensioners" v. Peru. Merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of February 28, 2003. Series C
No. 98, para. 155, and Case of Acosta et al. v. Nicaragua. Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs.
Judgment of March 25, 2017. Series C No. 334, para. 30.
445
Cf. Case of Atala Riffo and daughters v. Chile, supra, para. 81, and Case of Duque v. Colombia. Preliminary
objections, merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of February 26, 2016. Series C No. 310, para. 90.
446
Cf. Proposed Amendments to the Naturalization Provisions of the Constitution of Costa Rica, Advisory Opinion OC4/84, January 19, 1984. Series A No. 4, para. 55, and Case of I.V. v. Bolivia. Preliminary objections, merits, reparations
and costs. Judgment of November 30, 2016. Series C No. 329, para. 238.
447
Cf. Juridical Condition and Rights of Undocumented Migrants, Advisory Opinion OC-18/03, September 17, 2003.
Series A No. 18, para. 101, and Case of Gutiérrez Hernández et al. v. Guatemala. Preliminary objections, merits,
reparations and costs. Judgment of August 24, 2017. Series C No. 339, para. 150.
448
Cf. Advisory Opinion OC-18/03, supra, para. 103, and Case of Gutiérrez Hernández et al. v. Guatemala, supra,
para. 150.
449