1. To declare the present case admissible with respect to the alleged violations of Articles 7, 8, 24 and 25, taken in relation to Articles 1(1) and 2 of the American Convention on Human Rights. 2. To notify the State and the petitioner of this decision. 3. To continue its analysis of the merits of the case. 4. To publish this decision and to include it in the Annual Report of the IACHR 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 13th day of October, 2004. (Signed): Clare K. Roberts, First VicePresident; Susana Villarán, Second Vice-President; Evelio Fernández Arévalos, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Freddy Gutiérrez and Florentín Meléndez, Commissioners. 13