48. The Commission considers that the facts alleged, if proven, could constitute violations of rights recognized in the American Convention on Human Rights. V. CONCLUSIONS 49. The Commission concludes, therefore, that under articles 46 and 47 of the American Convention, it is competent to take up this case. 50. For these reasons of fact and of law, THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DECIDES: 1. To admit the present case, which is a combination of case 11.015 and case 11.769-B and concerns alleged violations of articles 4, 5, 7, 9, 24 and 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. This shall not imply any prejudgment as to the merits of the case. 2. To notify the parties of this decision. 3. To proceed with the analysis of the merits of the case. 4. To publish this decision and include it in the IACHR’s Annual Report to the OAS General Assembly. Given and signed at the headquarters of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the city of Washington, D.C., on the fifth day of March of the year 2001. (Signed) Claudio Grossman, Chairman; Juan Méndez, First Vice Chairman; Marta Altolaguirre, Second Vice Chair, and Commission members Hélio Bicudo, Robert K. Goldman, Julio Prado Vallejo and Peter Laurie. 7