system. It estimated that “costs and expenses should be figured as a percentage equivalent to 20% of the compensation amounts awarded.” 316. The State “object[ed] to the amount claimed […] deeming it obviously too high.” It pointed out that the victims can cover these costs using whatever portion they like of the compensation they receive under the special laws. 317. The Court has indicated that costs and expenses form part of the concept of reparation, because the efforts made by the victims to obtain justice, both at the national and international level, entail disbursements that must be covered when the State’s responsibility has been declared in a Judgment. Regarding the reimbursement of costs and expenses, it is for the Court to prudently assess their scope, which includes expenses incurred before the authorities of the domestic courts and those generated during the proceedings before the inter-American system, taking into account the circumstances of the specific case and the nature of the international jurisdiction. This assessment may be based on the principle of equity, taking into account the expenses indicated by the parties, provided that their quantum is reasonable. 328 318. In this sense, the Court finds that it is not appropriate for the costs and expenses to be covered using benefits derived from the reparatory laws indicated by the State, since they do not serve the same nature and scope. 319. Although the representative did not provide evidence to substantiate its claim, the Court believes that such expenses were actually incurred; therefore, in equity, it sets an amount of USD 40,000.00 (forty thousand dollars of the United States of America) that the State must pay jointly to both victims, Anatole Alejandro Larrabeiti Yáñez and Claudia Victoria Larrabeiti Yáñez, divided equally. At the stage of monitoring compliance with this Judgment, the Court may order the State to reimburse the victims or their representatives for any reasonable expenses incurred during that procedural stage. 329 I. Reimbursement of expenses to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund 320. In an order of March 24, 2021, the President of the Court declared admissible the request presented by the representative regarding the application of the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund of the Court (hereinafter “the Fund”). The order granted the financial assistance necessary to cover the reasonable expenses of formalizing and sending a maximum of two statements via affidavit as indicated by the representative. 321. On June 12, 2021, a report was sent to the State on the disbursements made in application of the Fund, amounting to USD 358.98 (three hundred fifty-eight dollars and ninety-eight cents of the United States of America) and, as established in Article 5 of the Court’s Rules for the Operation of the fund, Argentina was granted a deadline for presenting any observations it deemed pertinent. The State, for its part, did not make any observations by the deadline. 322. Therefore, given that there is no objection in this regard, the Court orders the State to reimburse the fund in the amount of USD 358.98 (three hundred fifty-eight dollars and ninetyeight cents of the United States of America). This sum must be reimbursed within six months of notification of this Judgment. J. Method of compliance with the payments ordered Cf. Case of Garrido and Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of August 27, 1998. Series C No. 39, par. 82, and Case of Garzón Guzmán et al. v. Ecuador, supra, par. 136. 329 Cf. Case of Ibsen Cárdenas and Ibsen Peña v. Bolivia, supra, par. 29, and Case of Bedoya Lima et al. v. Colombia, supra, par. 214. 328 78