10 prescribed. Therefore, the Commission considers it appropriate to verify the facts in the merits stage and, if appropriate, analyze the possible violation of Article 21 of the American Convention. 57. Finally, the Commission considers that the petitioners have not presented basic elements in support of their claims regarding the alleged violation of Article 2 of the American Convention. Therefore, this claim does not meet the requirements established at Articles 47(b) and (c) of the American Convention, and so it is found to be inadmissible. V. CONCLUSIONS 58. The Commission concludes that it is competent to examine the claims presented by the petitioners regarding the alleged violation of Articles 5, 7, 8, 21, and 25 in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the American Convention, and that these are admissible in keeping with the requirements established at Articles 46 and 47 of the American Convention. It also concludes that the claims with respect to the alleged violation of Article 2 of the American Convention are inadmissible. 59. Based on the foregoing arguments of fact and law, THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DECIDES: 1. To find this petition admissible with respect to Articles 5, 7, 8, 21, and 25 of the American Convention, in conjunction with Article 1(1). 2. Convention. To find this petition inadmissible with respect to Article 2 of the American 3. To notify the Ecuadorian State and the petitioner of this decision. 4. To continue with the analysis of the merits. 5. Assembly. To publish this decision and include it in its Annual Report to the OAS General Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 1st day of November 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, Commissioners.