15 put forth regarding the alleged violations of the right to judicial protection and a fair trial, as well as the right to humane treatment, should they be proven during the merits stage, could tend to establish a violation of the rights protected under Articles 5, 8, 25 and 1.1 of the American Convention. 65. However, the IACHR finds that the petitioners have not put forward arguments of fact or law to substantiate and presume in this stage of the proceedings, an alleged violation of the right to life, personal liberty and privacy, as enshrined in Articles 4, 7 and 11 of the American Convention on Human Rights and the duty to adopt domestic measures as protected under Article 2 of the same instrument. Likewise, the Commission finds that the petitioners have not offered arguments that could tend to establish alleged violations of Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture. V. CONCLUSIONS 66. The Commission concludes that it is competent to hear the merits of this case and that the petition is admissible in keeping with Articles 46 and 47 of the American Convention and decides to proceed to the analysis of the merits with regard to the alleged violation of Articles 5, 8 and 25 of the American Convention, in connection with Article 1.1 of said international instrument, with respect to Mrs. Digna Ochoa y Plácido and her next-of-kin. In the merits stage, the IACHR shall assess, to the extent that it may be relevant, the results of the “Report on the verification of the technical evidence in the criminal investigation into the death of Digna Ochoa y Plácido, conducted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor of the Office of the Attorney General of the Federal District of Mexico” prepared and submitted by the international verification mission.

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