2. To declare the present petition inadmissible as it pertains to the alleged violations of the right recognized in Article 7 of the American Convention. 3. To notify the Ecuadorian State and the petitioners of this decision. 4. To proceed with the analysis of the merits of the case in question. 5. To publish this decision and include it in the Commission’s Annual Report 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 17 th day of October, 2008. (Signed): Paolo G. Carozza, Chairman; Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, First Vice Chairwoman; Felipe González, Second Vice Chairman; Sir Clare K. Roberts, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Florentín Meléndez, and Víctor E. Abramovich, members of the Commission. 20