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Clara Leite to cover their domestic expenditures during the processing of the case before the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
299. The Court can also order the State to further reimburse the victims or their
representatives for reasonable expenses incurred during the procedural stage of monitoring
compliance with this judgment.
G. Reimbursement of expenditures to the Victims Legal Assistance Fund
300. The Inter-American Defenders, speaking on behalf of 11 of the alleged victims,
applied for assistance from the Court’s Victims Legal Assistance Fund to cover certain specific
expenditures for submitting evidence. The president of the Court, in orders released on June
12, 2013 and April 10, 2014, authorized the fund to release financial assistance to the InterAmerican Defenders Gustavo Vitale and Clara Leite to cover their costs for attending the public
hearing and to pay travel and lodging expenses for expert witness Marcelo Solimine to deliver
his statement in the hearing.
301. The State had the opportunity to give its view on the outlays made in this case, which
totaled USD 7,244.95. It had no comments. It now falls to the Court, under the terms of
article 5 of the regulations of the fund, to assess whether the respondent State should be
ordered to reimburse the Victims Legal Assistance Fund for the expenditures incurred.
302. In view of the violations declared in this judgment, the Court hereby orders the State
to repay the Fund in the amount of USD 7,244.95 (seven thousand two hundred forty-four
United States dollars and ninety-five cents) for expenditures incurred. This amount should be
paid to the Inter-American Court within a period of ninety days from notification of the present
judgment.
H. Method of compliance with the payments ordered
303. The State must release payment of the compensation ordered and reimbursement of
legal fees and court costs determined in the instant judgment directly to the individuals and
institutions specified herein within one year of the date of notification of the judgment, under
the terms detailed below.
304. If beneficiaries have passed away or should pass away prior to the payment of their due
compensation, legal fees and court costs, the money shall be distributed directly to their heirs
under the terms of applicable domestic legislation.
305. The State must fulfill all its monetary obligations by means of payment in Argentine
pesos or the equivalent in United States dollars, calculated according to the exchange rate in
effect on the New York stock exchange, United States of America, the day prior to the
payment. If for causes attributable to the beneficiaries of the reimbursements or their heirs
it should prove impossible to pay the amounts established within the required term, the State
shall deposit the amounts to the beneficiaries into an account or certificate of deposit in a
sound Argentine financial institution, in United States dollars, under the most favorable
financial conditions allowed by law and by banking practice. If the compensation has not been
claimed after ten years, the money shall revert to the State with interest.