domestic measures to make reparations to approximately 28,000 workers dismissed irregularly from 1990 to 2000. The State points out that several of the petitioners in this case have accepted said benefits and that the others could accede to them. Therefore, the State alleges that its domestic legislation includes a mechanism appropriate for resolving the complaint made in the petition. 4. Without prejudice to the merits of the complaint, the IACHR concludes in this report that the case is admissible with regard to the alleged violations of the right to a fair trial (Article 8), freedom from ex post facto laws (Article 9), and the right to judicial protection (Article 25), recognized in the American Convention, as per the general obligation to respect and guarantee rights enshrined in Article 1.1 and the duty to adopt measures enshrined in Article 2 of said instrument, given that the complaint meets the requirements set forth in Article 46 of the American Convention with regard to Delia Arévalo Guerra, Maria Elba Marchán Avila, Cesar Antón Olaya, Víctor Manuel Garay Espinoza, Luciano Sandoval Villaseca, Julio Serraqué Azáldegui, Javier A. Espinoza Vargas, Juvenal Paz Arévalo, Cruz Alberto More Bayona, Leonarda Montero Silupú, Helber R. Romero Rivera, María Sancarranco Barrientos, María Esther Medina Crisanto, Neptalí Aguirre Maldonado, Manuel Antonio Calle Atoche, Carlos Alberto Zapata Olaya, Carlos Alberto Galán Castillo, Guadalupe Risco Martínez, Gerber Acedo Martínez, Lilia Flores Herrera, Norberto Vilela Jiménez, Agustín Acedo Martínez, Nyrliam García Viera de Castillo, Oholger Wiston Benites Zárate, Wilson Seminario Agurto, Ricardo Vílchez Valverde, Carlos E. Oliva Borja, Maria Anita Zavala Sosa, Luís Mogollón Granda, Jorge Martinez Amaya, Juan Benítez Gómez, Antonio Esparza Huamán, Maritza Amaya Coveñas, Manuel Jesús Paiva Pacherres, Irma Morales López, Wilmer Gil Rosales, Julio Chiroque Silva, Rosa Castillo Marcelo, Agustina Mendoza Morales, José Juan Obando Reto, Luís Arturo Vallejo Agurto, Ana María Rojas Flores, Fredesvinda Sócola Clavijo, Elmer Arrazabal Gallo, Raúl Clavijo Domínguez, Leither Quevedo, Eduardo Emiliano Chavarri Vélez, Pedro Chumpitaz Sócola, Luís Oswaldo Duque Morán, Segundo Barrientos Olivos, Pedro Talledo Carrasco, Juan Echandía Ochoa, Manuel Mechado Sernaque, Eduardo Panta Valladares, Federico Antón Antón, José Torres Namuche, Luís Abad Saldarriaga, Gregorio Albuquerque Carrillo, William Jacinto Aleman Benitez, Sebastián Amaya Fiestas, Jorge Cabanillas Dedios, Santos Calderón Ávila, Luís Carrasco Lozada, Alberto Chira Guerrero, Mario Duque Mogollón, Jaime Garcés Sandoval, Pedro Carlos Garcés Solís, Gonzalo Ginocchio Guerrero, Pedro Infante Antón, José William Jacinto Zavala, Pedro López Antón, Abraham Montero Ramírez, Emilio Augusto Morales Silva, Miguel Hugo Morán García, Gregorio Jaime Noriega González, Ricardo Quevedo Herrera, Edwin Quevedo Saavedra, José Félix Saavedra Medina, Catalino Sandoval Ancajima, Dionisio Sandoval Flores, Joaquín Santillán Zavala, Luís Tavara Ramírez, Jorge Carlos Tinedo Puell, Oscar Valiente Paico, and Felito Vitonera Saldarriaga. Therefore, the Inter-American Commission undertakes to notify the parties of the decision and to continue to analyze the merits of the alleged violations of the rights to a fair trial and to judicial protection, recognized in the American Convention, in accordance with the general obligation to respect and guarantee rights enshrined in Article 1 and the duty to adopt measures enshrined in Article 2 of said instrument. II. PROCESSING BEFORE THE COMMISSION 5. The Commission received the complaint lodged by the Consolidated Petroleum Workers Union of Peru on February 19, 1996. The IACHR sent the petition to the State via a communication dated April 1, 1996. On July 26, 1996, the State submitted a note requesting further information about the petitioners’ claim. On August 21, 1996, the IACHR sent the State’s request to the petitioners. Via notes 2