48. For its part, Article 32 of the Commission's Rules of Procedure establishes that in cases in which the exceptions to the exhaustion of domestic remedies are applicable, the petition must be presented within a reasonable period of time, at the Commission's discretion. 49. In the present case, the petition was received on July 16, 1999, five years after the attack and the initiation of the criminal investigation, which, as has been said, remains unresolved. The Commission considers that the petition was presented within a reasonable period of time and that the admissibility requirement regarding the timeliness of the petition is satisfied. C. Colorable claim 50. The Commission considers that the facts presented in this case could characterize the violation of the rights to life, humane treatment, access to information, fair trial, and judicial protection, established in Articles 4, 5, 8, 13, and 25 of the American Convention, in relation to the obligations established in Articles 1.1 and 2 of the same instrument, to the detriment of the victims identified in this report. Likewise, in keeping with the iura novit curiae principle, the Commission determines that the facts could characterize the violation of the right to equal protection, established in Article 24 of the Convention. VI. MERITS CONSIDERATIONS A. Facts of the case 51. The Commission, consistent with what was stated on numerous occasions by the petitioners and by the representatives of the Argentine State, sees the need to begin its analysis on the merits by highlighting the factual complexity of this case, which has to do with one of the most serious terrorist acts committed to date in the Western Hemisphere. 52. The inherent complexity of the nature of this criminal act is aggravated when considering the multiple procedural alternatives that have occurred throughout more than 25 years of judicial investigation. Said investigatory phase was conducted by judges from various instances; representatives of all the public powers of the Argentine State participated in it; and a considerable volume of information was generated within it. 53. Consequently, and in order to facilitate the understanding of this report, the Commission has decided to dedicate this first section to an overview of the main events related to the attack on the AMIA and its investigation. In this way, the Commission aims to establish a global factual framework based on which - in subsequent chapters - the relevant and specific findings of fact will be presented to deal with each of the legal considerations and the subsequent conclusions. 1. The attack on the headquarters of the Israeli-Argentinian Mutual Association and the investigation headed by the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 9 of the Federal Capital 54. Various judicial rulings issued in the national order have considered as proven that, at 9:53 am on July 18, 1994, an explosive charge equivalent to between 300 and 400 kilos of TNT, installed inside a Renault Trafic van was detonated in the vicinity of a building located at 633 Pasteur Street in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. This property housed, among other institutions, the headquarters of the Israeli-Argentine Mutual Association [Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina](AMIA) and the Delegation of Israeli-Argentine Associations [Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas](DAIA) 6. 55. The explosion caused the collapse of part of the 633 Pasteur building. The subsequent shock wave generated by the explosion caused extensive damage to buildings and personal property located within a radius Annex 2. Judgement of the Federal Oral Criminal Court No. 3 of the Federal Capital dated October 29, 2004 (Hereinafter “Judgement of TOF 3”). Chapter V, p. 2351. Annex 1 to the petitioners' communication dated November 11, 2019. TOF 3 specified that the explosive charge was “composed of ammonium nitrate, with the addition of aluminum, a heavy hydrocarbon, TNT, and nitroglycerin”, see also: Annex 2. Judgment of the TOF 3. Chapter V page. 2535. Annex 1 to the petitioners' communication dated November 11, 2019 6 10