V. CONCLUSIONS 67. In the present report, the IACHR has established that it is competent to examine the petition lodged alleging violation of the right to life, the right to judicial guarantees and the right to judicial protection, to the detriment of Eduardo Nicolás Cruz Sánchez, Herma Luz Meléndez Cueva and David Peceros Pedraza. While not named in the petition, Mr. Peceros Pedraza’s rights also appear to have been violated in these same events and in the same way. 68. The Commission concludes that the petition is admissible under Article 47(a) of the American Convention. Based on the foregoing arguments of fact and of law, THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DECIDES: 1. To declare the present case admissible, which concerns the alleged violation of Articles 4, 8, 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights in connection to Article 1(1). 2. To notify the petitioners and the State of this decision. 3. To continue with the analysis of the substance of the question. 4. To place itself at the disposal of the parties with a view to achieving a friendly settlement based on respect for the rights enshrined in the American Convention on Human Rights and to invite the parties to decide on this possibility. 5. To publish this decision 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 the city of Washington, D.C., on the 27 th day of February in the year 2004. Signed: José Zalaquett, President; Clare K. Roberts, First Vice-President; and Commission members Evelio Fernández Arévalos, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Freddy Gutiérrez and Florentín Meléndez. 12