16 expressions did not mean they were waving their right to interest on the overdue payments. 67. That the Court sets much store on the reports by the State and by the representatives, as regards disbursement of the payments for compensation provided in favor of the victims and their next of kin. 68. That, on the other hand, as concerns interest payments on overdue amounts, the Court coincides with the Commission in that such expression by the representatives must not be construed into a waiver of payment on their part, a payment which in any case could not be waived, for the State is strictly bound to comply fully with its obligations. In their expressions the representatives do not waive interest payments, but rather underscore that even though the victims have a higher interest in compliance with the operative paragraph relating to the investigations and regard it as being of a greater importance, the State maximizes its efforts to comply with other reparations of a lesser kind, such as interest payments. 69. That this Tribunal notes that in passing the Judgment the Court provided, in paragraph 167 that “should the State fall behind, it shall pay interest on the amount due, corresponding at the banking default interest rates in Ecuador.” Consequently, with regard to the payments ordered, if the State does not comply with what has been provided within the mentioned term, it incurs in default and shall pay the corresponding interest on delayed payments. 70. That on account of the foregoing, the State has complied in part with this obligation, for which reason monitoring with respect to this operative paragraph will continue, inasmuch as the State will not disburse to the next of kin the interest amounts accrued on overdue payments. * * * Payment of costs and expenses 71. That as regards the obligation of the State to pay directly to the Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos (CEDHU) [Ecumenical Human Rights Commission] the amounts set in paragraph 161 of the Judgment as compensation for legal costs and expenses (operative paragraph number twelve in the Judgment), the State referred to what it has reported supra and the representatives stated that in the month of September, 2008 the pertaining payment was made. The Inter-American Commission did not raise any objection in such respect. 72. That since the representatives of the victims themselves were the ones to point out that compliance with this operative paragraph has been effected, the Court deems it to have been satisfied. * * * 73. That upon monitoring compliance of the matters pending compliance in this case, the Court assesses the high usefulness of the hearing celebrated to this effect, which has been made evident in the good will and cooperative spirit shown by the parties. The Court will consider the general status of the points of the Judgment