4. To notify the State and the petitioners of this decision. 5. To begin the examination of the merits of the case. 6. To publish the present report and include it in the Commission’s Annual Report to the OAS General Assembly. Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 25th day of the month of July, 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, and Víctor E. Abramovich, members of the Commission. 12