78. 2014 年，应南方共同市场成员国――阿根廷、巴西、巴拉圭和乌拉圭 2001年提出的一项请求，美洲人权法院发布了关于移徙中和(或)需要国际保护的儿童的权利与保障的第 21/14 号咨询意见。这是一个国家集团首次在美洲人权体系面前就保护本区域人权的关切发表共同立场。这份咨询意见是一项区域性成就，为明确和扩大移民儿童权利和利益的范围提供了创新性指导意见。
78. In 2014, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued advisory opinion OC-21/14 on rights and guarantees of children in the context of migration and/or in need of international protection, in response to a request made in 2011 by the member States of the Southern Common Market at the time, namely Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. This was the first time that a group of States had appeared before the inter-American system of human rights with a common position on an issue of concern for the protection of human rights in the region. The advisory opinion is a regional achievement that provides innovative guidelines for defining and expanding the scope of the rights and interests of migrant children.