THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DECIDES: 1. To declare the above-mentioned petitions admissible as regards the alleged violations of the rights to a fair trial and to judicial protection protected in Articles 8 and 25, respectively, of the American Convention on Human Rights, without prejudging the merits of the matter. 2. To notify the petitioners and the State of this decision; 3. To continue with its analysis of the merits of the case; 4. To publish this decision and to include it in its Annual Report to the OAS General Assembly. Done and signed at Brasilia, Brazil, on this the 15th day of June 2000. Signed: Hélio Bicudo, Chair; Claudio Grossman, First Vice Chair; Juan Méndez, Second Vice Chair; Commission Members: Marta Altolaguirre, Robert K. Goldman, Peter Laurie and Julio Prado Vallejo. 5