8 1. To declare the instant petition admissible with respect to articles 5 and 17 in connection with 1(1) of the Convention. 2. To notify the Argentine State and the petitioners of this decision. 3. To continue with the examination of the merits of the case. 4. To publish this decision and include it in its Annual Report to the General Assembly of the OAS. Approved on the 5th day of the month of January, 2011. (Signed): Felipe González, President; Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, First Vice-President; María Silvia Guillén, José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez and Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Commissioners.