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56.
Based on the foregoing considerations of fact and law ,
THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
DECIDES:
1.
To rule this petition admissible as regards the alleged violations of the rights
enshrined in Articles 5, 7, 8, 11, 24, and 25 of the American Convention, in conjunction w ith
Articles 1(1) and 2 thereof, and in Article 7 of the Convention of Belém do Pará, w ith respect to
Mariana Selvas Gómez, Georgina Edith Rosales Gutiérrez, María Patricia Romero Hernández, Norma
Aidé Jiménez Osorio, Claudia Hernández Martínez, Bárbara Italia Méndez Moreno, Ana María
Velasco Rodríguez, Yolanda Muñoz Diosdada, Cristina Sánchez Hernández, Patricia Torres Linares,
and Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo. Additionally, to rule the case admissible as regards the
alleged violation of the rights enshrined in Articles 1, 6, and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to
Prevent and Punish Torture.
2.
To notify the parties of this decision.
3.
To publish this decision and to include it in its Annual Report to the General
Assembly of the OAS.
Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., a los 2 nd day of the month of November,
2011. (Signed): Dinah Shelton, President ; Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Second Vice-President; Paulo Sérgio
Pinheiro, Felipe González, Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, and María Silvia Guillén, Commissioners.