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2.
that the existence of this duplication affects the admissibility of
case 11,325, as Articles 46.1.c, 47.d and 62.3 of the Convention have been
violated;
3.
that, according to the articles mentioned above and Article
39.1.a and 39.1.b of the Commission’s Regulations, there may not be a
duplication of procedures for international settlement, related either to the
matter or to the subjects of the complaint;
4.
that the European Commission on Human Rights, when
examining cases presented under Article 27.1.b of the European Convention
on Human Rights, which in substance and in drafting is similar to Article 46.1
of the American Convention, has been constant in refusing to accept a case
that has previously been submitted to the ILO; and
5.
that the Commission acted outside the framework of the interAmerican norms and procedures mentioned above from the moment it knew
that the same petition had been presented to the ILO.
49.
Lastly, the State requested the Court to consider, revise and re-evaluate all
the facts involved in this case, in particular those referring to the duplication of
procedures that occurred from the moment that the case was referred to the ILO and
to the Commission; to admit and declare with merit the preliminary objection filed;
to reject the application and to close the case.
50.
The Commission argued:
a)
that, when referring to the issue of lis pendens, Articles 47.d of the
Convention and 39.1.b of the Commission’s Regulations use the expression
“substantially the same” or “essentially duplicates”, respectively;
b)
that international jurisprudence has established that three elements
determine if a petition is substantially the same as another that has
previously been resolved, these are: the victim must be the same, the
petition must be based on the same facts, and the legal grounds must be the
same;
c)
that none of these three elements is present in the case referred to
the Court, since there are the following differences between the two
proceedings:
1.
the subject of the application before the Court refers to 270
specific victims, while the procedure before the Freedom of Association
Committee does not mention the names of any of the victims who are
the subject of the current application; therefore, none of them has
obtained an individualized response from the Freedom of Association
Committee that would provide personal satisfaction.
2.
the case before the Court also refers to due process, which the
Freedom of Association Committee has not examined or pronounced
on, as many of the decisions questioned were issued after the ILO
pronouncement.
The claims before the Committee referred to
violations of freedom of association, and before the Court, the
application refers to violations of the Convention; and