procedures requires only that he or she provide an account of the situation denounced as violative of the Convention. 47. The State challenges the admissibility of the present petition on the basis that what it essentially presents is a disagreement with the terms of the sentence issued at the national level, and therefore falls within the so-called fourth instance doctrine. As the State correctly recalls in its submissions, the Commission is not competent to act as a fourth instance or to review the findings of national courts acting within the sphere of their competence and in accordance with due process. However, the Commission is competent to review claims that would tend, if in accordance with other requirements and shown to be true, to characterize a violation of the American Convention. 48. The Commission observes in this regard that a disagreement as to the quantity of compensation awarded by national courts acting in accordance with due process and within the sphere of their competence would not, in and of itself, provide a sufficient basis for an exercise of jurisdiction at the international level. The quantity of compensation awarded would, in principle, normally be a question for the judiciary of the state concerned. 8 49. The present petition raises additional claims which could, if proven, tend to characterize possible violations of the American Convention. In this regard, the information and arguments presented with respect to the approximately 13 years that elapsed between the filing of the judicial action and its execution could, if proven, tend to characterize the violation of Article 8 of the American Convention, insofar as the claimant had a right to be heard in the determination of a claim within a reasonable time, and Article 25, insofar as he had a right to prompt access to judicial protection. Additionally, the Commission will analyze the compatibility of the execution of the court judgment in bonds presently redeemable for substantially less than face value with the terms of Article 25.2.c of the Convention, which sets forth that States have a duty to ensure that judicial decisions are enforced. 50. he Commission is also competent to analyze the situation denounced in light of the terms of Article 19 of the American Convention, given that Sebastian Furlan was 14 years old at the time of the accident and thus had the right to the special measures of protection required on behalf of children. In this regard, the Commission will examine the facts alleged in relation to the State’s duties of prevention and protection under Article 19, and Sebastian’s right to personal integrity under Article 5. The Commission may also be called upon to examine the compatibility of the standards that were applied in the adjudication of the duty of care by the national courts in light of the special duties of protection required for minors under the American Convention. 51. Accordingly, the Commission finds in the present case that the petitioners have stated claims which, if consistent with other requirements and shown to be true, could tend to establish the violation of rights protected under the American Convention, more specifically, of Articles 5 (right to personal integrity), 8 (right to judicial guarantees), 19 (rights of the child), 25 (right to judicial protection) and 1.1 (obligation to respect and ensure rights). V. CONCLUSIONS 52. The Commission concludes that it is competent to take cognizance of the instant case and that the petition is admissible, pursuant to Articles 46 and 47 of the American Convention. 8 See, for example, IACHR, Report Nº 39/96, Case 11.673, Argentina, Santiago Marzioni, October 15, 1996, paras. 4871.In that case, the Commission determined that a petition questioning the presumed differential in the amount of compensation established under one jurisprudential approach and the higher amount awarded pursuant to a change in the jurisprudence was a question of “fourth instance” that related exclusively to the application of domestic law without raising a cognizable question under the American Convention. 9