1. Declare the present case admissible with respect to Articles 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 21 and 25 of the American Convention. 2. Transmit this report to the Petitioner and to the State. 3. Continue with an in-depth study of the case. 4. Make this report public and include it in its Annual Report to the OAS General Assembly. Done and signed at the headquarters of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington D.C., on this the 5th day of October, 2000. (Signed): Hélio Bicudo, Chairman; Claudio Grossman, First Vice-Chairman; Commissioners: Marta Altolaguirre, Robert K. Goldman, and Peter Laurie. * In keeping with Article 19 of the Regulations of the Commission, Dr. Julio Prado Vallejo, a national of Ecuador, did not participate in the discussion of this case. 7