THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DECIDES: 1. To declare the petition under study admissible with respect the rights enshrined in Articles 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 19, and 25 of the American Convention in connection to the obligations established in Articles 1.1 and 2 of the Convention. 2. To inform the State and the petitioner of this decision. 3. To initiate proceedings on the merits of the matter. 4. To publish this decision and include it in the Annual Report for submission 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., on the 24th day of July, 2008. (Signed): Paolo G. Carozza, Chairman; Felipe González, Second Vice Chairman; Sir Clare K. Roberts, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro,and Víctor E. Abramovich, members of the Commission. 13