2. To give notice of this decision to the parties. 3. To continue with its analysis of the merits of the complaint. 4. To publish this decision and to include it in its Annual Report to the General Assembly of the OAS. Done and signed at the headquarters of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 9th day of October 2002. (Signed): Juan Méndez, President; José Zalaquett, Second Vice-President; Robert K. Goldman, Julio Prado Vallejo, Clare K. Roberts, and Susana Villarán, Commissioners. 8