1. To declare the claims in the petition admissible with respect to Articles 1.1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10,
17, 19, 24 and 25 of the American Convention and Articles I, II, VI, VII, XVIII, XXV and XXVI
of the American Declaration;
2. To declare the claims in the petition inadmissible with respect to Article 11 of the American
Convention;
3. To notify this decision to the State and to the petitioners;
4. To continue with the analysis of the merits of the case; and
5. To publish this report and include it in its Annual Report to the OAS General Assembly.
Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 21st day of July 2011. (Signed): Dinah
Shelton, President; José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, First Vice President; Rodrigo Escobar Gil,
Second Vice President; Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Felipe González, Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, and
María Silvia Guillén, Commission Members.
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