3 The Commission shall consider inadmissible any petition or communication submitted under Articles 44 or 45 if: a) any of the requirements indicated in Article 46 has not been met; [. . .] c) 2. the statements of the petitioners or of the state indicate that the petition or communication is manifestly groundless or obviously out of order [. . .] Statute of the Commission IV. FUNCTIONS AND POWERS [. . .] Article 19 With respect to the States Parties to the American Convention on Human Rights, the Commission shall discharge its duties in conformity with the powers granted under the Convention and in the present Statute, and shall have the following powers in addition to those designated in Article 18: a. to act on petitions and other communications, pursuant to the provisions of Article 44 to 51 of the Convention; [. . .] 3. Regulations of the Commission Article 14. Functions of the Secretariat [. . .] 2. The Secretariat shall receive petitions addressed to the Commission and, when appropriate, shall request the necessary information from the governments concerned and, in general, it shall make the necessary arrangements to initiate any proceedings to which such petitions may give rise. [. . .] TITLE II PROCEDURES CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS