1. To declare the present petition admissible as regards Articles 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 19, 22.1, and 25.1 of the American Convention in connection with Article 1.1 of the same instrument. 2. To notify the State and the petitioners of this decision. 3. To begin consideration of the merits of the case. 4. To publish this decision and include it in the Annual Report to the OAS General Assembly. Approved by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on January 17, 2009. (Signed): Paolo G. Carozza, Chairman; Felipe González, Second Vice-Chairman; Sir Clare K. Roberts, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Florentín Meléndez, and Víctor E. Abramovich, members of the Commission. 14