49 232. Therefore, the Court sets in equity the amount of US$ 50.000,00 (fifty thousand U.S. dollars) for the benefit of Mr. Usón Ramírez as non-pecuniary damages. The State shall pay such amount directly to the beneficiary within the term of one year, as from the time of the notification of this Judgment is served. D) Costs and Legal Fees 233. The Commission requested the Court to order the State to pay “the costs and legal fees incurred by the victim and his representatives in the proceedings of this case both at the national level and at the level of the Inter-American System.” The Commission also indicated that the Court shall consider “the fees for legal assistance” to the victim as part of such expenses. 234. The representatives pointed out that “[i]n the various proceedings before the national and international instances, Mr. Usón Ramírez incurred costs and expenses which are estimated cautiously at thirty thousand U.S. dollars (US[$] 30.000[,00]), plus any legal fees. The representatives requested that the Court shall decide that such costs, expenses and legal fees shall be reimbursed. 235. The State did not present any observations related to the evidence on the costs and legal fees submitted by the representatives as has been required by this Tribunal (supra para. 13). 236. As pointed out by the Court on previous occasions, the costs and expenses are included in the concept of reparation established in Article 63(1) of the American Convention, since the activities carried out by the victims, their families or representatives to obtain justice, both at national and at international level, involves expenses that must be compensated when the international responsibility of the State is established by means of a condemning judgment. As regards their reimbursement, the Tribunal shall consider its scope prudently; it includes the expenses before the authorities of the domestic jurisdiction as well as the expenses during the course of the trial before the Inter-American System, taking into account the circumstances of the specific case and the nature of the international jurisdiction of the protection of human rights. This may be made on the basis of the principle of equity taking into account the expenses described by the parties thereto, provided their quantum is reasonable.169 237. Therefore, the Tribunal observes that Mr. Usón Ramírez and his representatives provided evidence that Mr. Usón Ramírez paid the amount of Bs.F 55.900,00 strong bolivars (approximately US$ 26.546,00) to his legal representative before the Venezuelan tribunals, and that he still owes the amount of Bs.F 56.100,00 strong bolivars (approximately US$ 26.158,00). Likewise, the representatives verified that the Project for Strategic Conflict of the American University Washington College of Law incurred in expenses for US$ 2.386,55 (two thousand three hundred and eighty-six US dollars and fifty-five cents) in relation to the public hearing held in this case. 238. Consequently, taking into account the evidence provided and that the State did not present any observations in this regard, the Court sets in equity the amount of US$ 20.000,00 (twenty thousand U.S. dollars), for costs and legal fees. Such amount shall be transferred to Mr. Usón Ramírez within the term of one year as from the time of the 169 Cf. Case of Garrido and Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of August 27, 1998. Series C No. 39, para. 82; Case of DaCosta Cadogan, supra note 9, para. 119, and Case of Acevedo Buendía et al.(“Discharged and Retired Employees of the Office of the Comptroller”), supra note 9, para. 146.