1. To declare the present case admissible with respect to the alleged violation of the rights recognized in Articles 8, 25 and 1(1) of the American Convention, and to the extent relevant, Articles XXV and XXVI of the American Declaration. The claims concerning Article 10 of the American Convention are deemed inadmissible. 2. To notify the parties of this decision. 3. To continue with the analysis of the merits of the case. 4.To make this report public, and publish it in its Annual Report to the General Assembly of the OAS. Done and signed at the headquarters of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, in the city of Washington, D.C., the 27th day of February 2002. (Signed): Marta Altolaguirre; First VicePresident, Robert K. Goldman, Julio Prado Vallejo, and Clare K. Roberts, Commission members. 9