29. It states that, on December 16, 1999, the Argentine State ordered a federal intervention in the Province of Corrientes by way of Act No. 25236, which terminated the terms in office of the governor, vice governor, members of the Legislature. That law also declared the members of the Judiciary to be in office “by special appointment.” 30. It states that, in May 2002, the alleged victim was convicted by the Second Chamber to seven years in prison, and to special permanent disqualification, for the offense of unlawful administration. It adds that he was sentenced to pay the Municipality the sum of 8,790,000 Argentine pesos. 31. It states that the appeal and challenges lodged with respect to the actions of the judges of the Second Chamber and the First Examining Magistrate were rejected by the STJ. It states that the special federal appeal was ruled inadmissible by the CSJN, after a ruling by the Attorney General of the Nation, who studied and ruled on the case after analyzing each of the grievances described by the petitioner. 32. It says that the petitioner disagrees with the rulings of the domestic courts. It says that the petition was submitted as a reiteration of the arguments put forth before the domestic courts, reflecting his disagreement with their decisions, and that those courts acted within their spheres of competence and in accordance with the guarantees of legal due process. It maintains that, accordingly, there is no violation of the rights recognized in the American Convention. IV. ANALYSIS OF ADMISSIBILITY AND COMPETENCE A. Competence of the Commission ratione personae, ratione loci, ratione temporis, and ratione materiae 33. The petitioner is entitled to petition the Commission under the provisions of Article 44 of the American Convention and Article 23 of the Commission's Rules of Procedure. The petition names as the alleged victim an individual in respect of whom the State has pledged to respect and guarantee the rights recognized by the American Convention as of September 5, 1984, the date of deposit of Argentina's instrument of ratification. Therefore, the Commission is competent ratione personae to examine the petition. 34. The Commission is competent ratione loci to consider the petition by virtue of events that allegedly took place within the territory of a state party to the American Convention. The Commission also is competent ratione temporis to examine this petition under the American Convention by virtue of alleged events that took place after the ratification of the American Convention. Finally, the Commission is competent ratione materiae because the petition alleges violations of rights protected by the American Convention. B. Admissibility requirements 1. Exhaustion of domestic remedies 35. Article 46.1.a of the American Convention requires the prior exhaustion of remedies available under domestic jurisdiction, according to generally recognized principles of international law, as a requirement for the admission of complaints alleging violations of the American Convention. 36. In that respect, the petitioner alleges that such remedies were exhausted by way of the CSJN ruling of February 13, 2007, which declared inadmissible the special federal appeal. 37. The Commission notes that the matter of this petition, which falls under its purview, concerns alleged violations of judicial independence and impartiality, excessive preventive detention, and violations of due criminal process against the alleged victim, which would constitute violations of his rights to personal liberty, a fair trial, and judicial protection. 4