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1.
To declare this petition admissible with respect to Articles 4, 5, 8 and 25 of the American
Convention in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the same convention and Article I of the Convention on
Forced Disappearance. Furthermore, to declare this petition admissible with respect to Articles 6, 7, 11(1),
12, 13, 16, 17, 21, 22 and 24 of the American Convention in conjuction with Article 1(1) of the same
Convention. In addition, by application of the principle of iura novit curia, the Commission concludes that
the petition is admissible for the possible violation of Articles 3 and 23 of the Convention in relation to its
Article 1(1).
2.
To declare this petition inadmissible insofar as it refers to alleged violations of Article 15
of the American Convention; and of the above-referenced articles of the American Declaration, the
Convention on Forced Disappearance, and the Convention on Torture.
3.
To forward this report to the petitioners and the Guatemalan State.
4.
To proceed to its analysis of the merits of the case.
5.
To publish this report and include it in the Annual Report of the Commission to the
General Assembly of the OAS.
Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 1st. day of the month of November 2010.
(Signed): Felipe González, President; Dinah Shelton, Second Vice-President; María Silvia Guillén, José de
Jesús Orozco Henríquez, and Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Members of the Commission.