10 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.

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