IV. LEGAL ANALYSIS A. Competence ratione personae, ratione materiae, ratione temporis, ratione loci 32. Under Article 44 of the Convention, the petitioner is entitled to lodge complaints on his own behalf. The alleged victim was under the jurisdiction of the Venezuelan State when the alleged events occurred. The Venezuelan State, for its part, ratified the American Convention on August 9, 1977. Therefore, the Commission has competence ratione personae to review the petition. 33. The Commission has competence ratione loci to review the petition because it alleges violations of rights protected by the American Convention which took place within the territory of a State party to that treaty. 34. The Commission also has competence ratione temporis because the obligation to respect and guarantee the rights protected by the American Convention was in effect for the State on the date the acts alleged in the petition took place. 35. Finally, the Commission has competence ratione materiae because the petition alleges violations of human rights protected by the American Convention. B. Other requirements for admissibility of the petition 6. To be forbidden to visit persons involved with the fact that imputed him. […] In relation to the Measurement of Prohibition of Exit of the Country [...] it is agrees to suspend the measurement during the time established for the fulfillment of the regimen of evidence […]. Nevertheless, if the convict needs or tries to go out of the Venezuelan territory, he will have to present to the Court accompany properly with the necessary documentation the place abroad where it would remain and the motives of his exit. (Simple Copy the decision of the Court of the First Instance in Functions of Execution of the Judicial Penal Circuit of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas of date December 20, 2007 that is in the file of the Commission).