at the appropriate procedural moment; that is, during the admissibility procedure before the Commission”60 should be understood because, as described, this covers from the moment the petition is received and receives the initial processing by the Commission, through its Executive Secretariat, until the moment at which the Commission rules on its admissibility. However, this does not mean that it is only at this last moment that the said requirement should have been met, without regard to whether or not it had been met previously. D. Decision on admissibility 74. Indeed, Article 31(1) of these Rules of Procedure, entitled “Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies,” establishes that: “In order to decide on the admissibility of a matter, the Commission shall verify whether the remedies of the domestic legal system have been pursued and exhausted in accordance with the generally recognized principles of international law.”61 75. It should be noted that this article indicates that, in order to decide on the admissibility of a matter, the Commission must “verify” – in other words, confirm or validate 62 – whether the remedies of the domestic legal system have been pursued and exhausted which, clearly, should have occurred at least before adopting the corresponding decision. This rule does not establish that this verification should be made in relation to remedies pursued and exhausted following the presentation of the petition. 76. Meanwhile, Article 32(1) of these Rules of Procedure, entitled “Statute of Limitations for Petitions,” conforms to the above interpretation when indicating that: “The Commission shall consider those petitions that are lodged within a period of six months following the date on which the alleged victim has been notified of the decision that exhausted the domestic remedies.”63 77. In other words, this provision establishes the petitions whose admissibility will be considered by the Commission and, to this end, reiterates the provisions of Article 46(1)(b) of the Convention; that is, that the time frame for submitting them is calculated from the date of notification of the final judgment of the domestic authorities or courts on the remedies that have been filed before them, which are, consequently, those that could have given rise to the international responsibility of the State, and this obviously means that, when the petition is “lodged,” they must have been exhausted. 78. That said, according to Article 36 of these Rules of Procedure, entitled “Decision on Admissibility”: “1. Once it has considered the positions of the parties, the Commission shall make a decision on the admissibility of the matter. The reports on admissibility and inadmissibility shall be public and the Commission shall include them in its Annual Report to the General Assembly of the OAS. 2. When an admissibility report is adopted, the petition shall be registered as a case and the proceedings on the merits shall be initiated. The adoption of an admissibility report does not constitute a prejudgment as to the merits of the matter. 3. In exceptional circumstances, and after having requested information from the parties in accordance with the provisions of Article 30 of these Rules of Procedure, the Commission may 60 Para. 16. 61 Art. 31(1). 62 Diccionario de la Lengua Española, Real Academia Española, 2018 edition. 63 Art. 32(1). 17