295. In the instant case, the Court observes that the annexes to the representatives’ final arguments included information on the monetary expenditure and actions taken prior to the submission of the pleadings and motions brief; thus, this information is time-barred according to the above-mentioned case-law (supra para. 24). 296. In addition, the Court reiterates that it is not sufficient to merely furnish probative documents; rather, the parties must submit arguments that relate the evidence to the corresponding fact and, in the case of alleged financial disbursements, the items and their justification must be clearly established.347 297. In the instant case, the evidence provided by the representatives and the corresponding arguments do not justify the amounts requested fully. However, certain expenses during the litigation of the case were proved; specifically, expenses to attend the public hearing of the case held at the seat of the Court, and expenses for submitting their briefs throughout the proceedings before the Court. Taking this into account, this Court establishes in equity the sum of US$25,000.00 (twenty-five thousand United States dollars) for the UQAM International Clinic for the Defense of Human Rights; US$17,000.00 (seventeen thousand United States dollars) for the Grupo de Apoyo a los Repatriados y Refugiados, and US$16,000.00 (sixteen thousand United States dollars) for the DominicanHaitian Cultural Center. In addition, the said sums must be delivered to each institution within one year of notification of this Judgment. At the stage of monitoring of compliance with this Judgment, the Court may order the State to reimburse the victims or their representatives any subsequent reasonable and duly proven expenses. F. Reimbursement of expenses to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund 298. The representatives asked the Court for a total of US$25,300.00 (twenty-five thousand three hundred United States dollars) from the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund to cover the costs of the litigation before the Inter-American Court. 299. In the Order of the President of the Court of December 1, 2011, authorization was given for the Fund to facilitate the presence of two presumed victims and one representative at the public hearing of the case, together with the presentation of a statement by affidavit. Thus, the amount awarded was US$5,972.21 (five thousand nine hundred and seventy-two United States dollars and twenty-one cents). 300. The State did not submit observations in this regard. 301. Based on the violations declared in this Judgment, the Court orders the State to reimburse the Fund the sum of US$5,972.21 (five thousand nine hundred and seventy-two United States dollars and twenty-one cents) for the expenses incurred. This amount must be repaid to the Inter-American Court within ninety days of notification of this Judgment. G. Method of compliance with the payments ordered 302. The State must pay the compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and for reimbursement of costs and expenses established in this Judgment directly to the persons or organization indicated herein, within one year of notification of this Judgment, in the terms of the following paragraphs. 303. If any of the beneficiaries should die before receiving the respective compensation, the criteria established in paragraph 289 of this Judgment shall be applied. 347 Cf. Case of Chaparro Álvarez and Lapo Iñiguez v. Ecuador, supra, para. 277, and Case of Rosendo Cantú et al. v. Mexico, supra, para. 285. 76

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