2. To declare inadmissible the allegations regarding Articles 11, 23(1)(c) and 24 of the American Convention. 3. To notify the parties of this decision. 4. To join this case with petition 969-03 (Bonifacio Ríos Ávalos). 5. To proceed to review the merits of the case. 6. To publish this decision and include it in its Annual Report to the General Assembly of the OAS. Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2009. (Signed): Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, President; Víctor E. Abramovich, First Vice-president; Felipe González, Second Vice-president; Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Sir Clare K. Roberts, Florentín Meléndez, and Paolo Carozza, Members of the Commission. 11