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II.
Normative Provisions
1.
Convention
PREAMBLE
[. . .]
Considering that the Third Special Inter-American Conference (Buenos Aires, 1967)
approved the incorporation into the Charter of the Organization itself of broader
standards with respect to economic, social, and educational rights and resolved that an
inter-American convention on human rights should determine the structure, competence,
and procedure of the organs responsible for these matters [. . .]
[. . .]
Article 29. Restriction Regarding Interpretation
No provision of this Convention shall be interpreted as:
a)
permitting any State Party, group, or person to suppress the
enjoyment or exercise of the rights and freedoms recognized in this
Convention or to restrict them to a greater extent than is provided for
herein;
[. . .]
Section 3. Competence
Article 46
1. Admission by the Commission of a petition or communication lodged in
accordance with Articles 44 or 45 shall be subject to the following requirements:
a)
that the remedies under domestic law have been pursued and
exhausted in accordance with generally recognized principles of
international law;
b)
that the petition or communication is lodged within a period of six
months from the date on which the party alleging violation of his rights
was notified of the final judgment;
[. . .]
Article 47
The Commission shall consider inadmissible any petition or communication
submitted under Articles 44 or 45 if:
a)
any of the requirements indicated in Article 46 has not
met;
been
[. . .]
c)
the statements of the petitioners or of the state indicate that the
petition or communication is manifestly groundless or obviously out of
order [. . .]