Therefore, the Commission concludes that the petition is inadmissible under Article
47(a) of the American Convention.
THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS,
DECIDES:
1. To declare this petition admissible with regard to the alleged violation of rights
protected in Articles 8 and 13 of the American Convention, in conjunction with the
general obligations enshrined in Articles 1 and 2 of said instrument.
2. To notify the parties of this decision.
3. To continue its consideration of the merits, and
4. To publish this decision and to include it in its Annual Report to the OAS General
Assembly.
Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 23rd day of the month of July,
2007. (Signed): Paolo G. Carozza, Chairman; Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, First ViceChairwoman; Sir Clare K. Roberts, and Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, members of the
Commission.
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Commissioner Víctor E. Abramovich, of Argentine nationality, did not take part in the consideration
or decision of the instant case in accordance with the provisions of Article 17(2) of the Commission’s Rules of
Procedure.