28 was not compatible with the American Convention and that in the conduct of the respective proceedings the rights to judicial protection and to due process of law, recognized in the Convention, were violated. Consequently, in this Judgment on reparations, this Court must order that the State nullify, in accordance with its domestic law, the conviction that the Peruvian Supreme Court delivered against Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides. 78. Accordingly, the State shall nullify all judicial or administrative, criminal or police proceedings against Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides in connection with the events of the present case and shall expunge the corresponding records. 79. As for the measures of satisfaction and the guarantees of non-recurrence that the victim’s representatives and the Commission are seeking, the Court believes that the judgment itself is a form of reparation. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Court considers that as a measure of satisfaction, the Peruvian State must publish, at least once, in both the Official Gazette and another newspaper of nationwide circulation, the operative paragraphs of the judgment delivered on the merits on August 18, 2000. 80. The best way to restore Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides’ life plan is for the State to provide him with a fellowship for advanced or university studies, to cover the costs of a degree preparing him for the profession of his choosing, and his living expenses for the duration of those studies, at a learning institution of recognized academic excellence, which the victim and the State select by mutual agreement. 81. Finally, the Court is ordering that the Peruvian State make a public apology to admit its responsibility in this case and to prevent a recurrence of events such as those that occurred in the present case. X COSTS AND EXPENSES The arguments of the victim’s representatives 82. The victim’s representatives pointed out that: a) They have made various representations before the domestic courts, all of which involved outlays. These representations necessitated preparation of briefs, the filing of motions and appeals, travel by family members and the victim’s attorneys, among other persons, to various government offices, and photocopies; preparation and submission of communications addressed to the executive and legislative branches of government, to the Office of the Public Prosecutor, directors of prison institutions and the media. Representations were also made to the Ad Hoc Committee that granted Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides a pardon;59 59 This is an Ad Hoc Committee created under Law No. 26,655 and charged with “evaluating, qualifying and proposing to the President of the Republic, as an exceptional measure, the granting of presidential pardons to those who stand convicted of crimes of terrorism and treason based on evidence so flimsy that the Committee may reasonably presume that the persons in question may have had no link to terrorist elements, activities or organizations.”