DECIDES: 1. To declare the case under analysis admissible with respect to Articles 8 and 25 of the American Convention, in relation to Articles 1(1) and 2 thereof. 2. To notify the State and the petitioners of this decision. 3. To proceed to its examination of the merits of the petition. 4. To publish this decision and include it in the Annual Report to be presented to the OAS General Assembly. Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 24th day of the month of July 2008. (Signed: Paolo G. Carozza, Chairman; Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, First Vice Chairwoman; Felipe González, Second Vice Chairman; Sir Clare K. Roberts, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Florentín Meléndez and Víctor E. Abramovich, members of the Commission. 13