Articles 46 and 47 of the American Convention. In addition, it concludes that the claims regarding the alleged violation of Articles 6 and 11 of the American Convention and Articles 1, 6, and 8 of the InterAmerican Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture are inadmissible. 43. Based on the arguments of fact and law set forth above, and without this being tantamount to prejudging on the merits, THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DECIDES: 1. To find the instant case admissible with respect to Articles 4(1), 5, 7, 8, and 25 in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Convention. 2. To notify the Colombian State and the petitioner of this decision. 3. To continue with the analysis on the merits. 4. To publish this decision and include it in its Annual Report to the OAS General Assembly. th Done and signed in the city of Washington, D.C., on the 18 day of the month of March 2010. (Signed: Felipe González, President; Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, First Vice-president; Dinah Shelton, Second Vice-president; María Silvia Guillén, and José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, members of the Commission). 8

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