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CORTE SUPREMA DE JUSTICIA, SALA CONSTITUCIONAL, COSTA RICA
ac count that the ap pel lant’s wife is, as the mi nor’s mother, the per son in
charge of ac com pa ny ing the mi nor on her trip. Con se quently, apart from
any other con sid er ations, the Con sti tu tional Cham ber con sid ered that the
res o lu tion of the mi gra tion au thor i ties was ar bi trary since it did not take
into ac count the su pe rior in ter est of the child nor the pro tec tion that the
State must pro vide fam i lies for their re uni fi ca tion. There fore, the amparo
re quested was granted.
In its sen tence, the Con sti tu tional Cham ber of the Su preme Court of Jus -
tice of Costa Rica re ferred, inter alia, to Ad vi sory Opin ion OC-17/02, Ju -
rid i cal Con di tion and Hu man Rights of the Child, of the Inter-Amer i can
Court of Hu man Rights; the United Na tions Con ven tion on the Rights of
the Child; and the Uni ver sal Dec la ra tion of Hu man Rights. The sen tence
is ac com pa nied by a joint vote.
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