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43.
As these aspects of the claim are not manifestly groundless or out of order, the
Commission considers the requirements established at Articles 47(b) and (c) of the American
Convention to have been satisfied.
V.
CONCLUSIONS
44.
The Commission concludes that it is competent to examine the claims
presented by the petitioners on the alleged violation of Articles 8(1), 24, and 25 in conjunction
with Articles 1(1) and 2 of the American Convention, and that these are admissible, in keeping
with the requirements established in Articles 46 and 47 of the American Convention. In
addition, it concludes that the claims regarding the alleged violation of Articles 9 and 11 of
the American Convention and Article XIV of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties
of Man to be inadmissible.
45.
Based on the arguments of fact and law set forth above, without this meaning
any prejudging on the merits of the matter,
THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS,
DECIDES:
1.
To find admissible the present claim in relation to Articles 8(1), 24 and 25 in
conjunction with Articles 1(1) and 2 of the Convention.
2.
To notify the Ecuadoran State and the petitioners of this decision.
3.
To continue with the analysis on the merits.
4.
Assembly.
To publish this decision and include it in its Annual Report to the OAS General
Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 15th day of the month of March
2010. In favor: Felipe González, President; Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, First Vice-president; Dinah
Shelton, Second Vice-president; María Silvia Guillén, and José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez;
Rodrigo Escobar Gil (dissenting), members of the Commission.