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Originally Posted by NotLurking
Whether the Inter-American court had jurisdiction or not is not an issue. What was at issue was whether or not these children are Dominican citizens. The state, on September 25, 2001, recognized these children as Dominican citizens and granted birth certificate to each. These children are not in limbo in this respect.
NotLurking
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I would also like to add that even though the girls received their birth certificates the litigation continued in order to
1. compel the government to repair the damage done caused by its arbitrary denial of the two girls nationality up until that point.
2. win reparations of "non repetition". ie an order from the Court to get the DR to reform its system of birth registration which continues to systematically violate children's right to nationality today.