71st REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser. Q July 30th to August 10th, 2007 CJI/doc.276/07 rev.1 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 August 2007 Original: Spanish * Limited OPINION ON THE RIGHT TO IDENTITY (presented by Dr. Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa) I. ORIGIN AND CONTENT OF THE REQUEST FOR OPINION 1. In a note on March 15, 2007, the current Chair of the Permanent Council, Ambassador Maria del Luján Flores, sent a message to the Chair of the Inter-American Juridical Committee, Jean-Paul Hubert, requesting the Committee for an opinion on “the scope of right to identity” in the light of an exchange of opinions during…
