143
6.2.2.
Damage to the victims’ life project
587. The representatives alleged that Mss. Herrera, González and Ramos, suffered
damage to their life project for various reasons.
588.
The Commission and the State did not submit any arguments in this regard.
589. In addition to the fact that the representatives did not submit sufficient
arguments on how the acts of the State affected the life project Mss. Herrera, González
and Ramos, the Tribunal maintains that reparation for harm to the life project is not in
order when the victim is deceased, since it is impossible to restore the individual’s
reasonable expectations of realizing a life project. Consequently, the Court will abstain
from giving any further consideration to this point.
7.
Costs and expenses
590. As the Court has indicated previously, costs and expenses are included in the
concept of reparation established in Article 63(1) of the American Convention.550
591. The Commission asked that the State be ordered to pay the duly authenticated
reasonable and necessary costs and expenses arising from processing this case at the
domestic level and before the Inter-American system.
592. The representatives requested the payment of expenses and costs at the
national and international levels during the processing of the case, based on amounts
calculated as follows:
a.
The Asociación Nacional de Abogados Democráticos A.C. (ANAD)
calculated its costs and expenses for travel to Mexico City, travel to Washington
D.C., per diems for accommodation and meals in Ciudad Juárez from 2005 to
2008, payment of legal fees and other expenses at US$44,776.11 (forty-four
thousand seven hundred and seventy-six United States dollars with 11/100).
b.
The Centro para el Desarrollo Integral de la Mujer (CEDIMAC) calculated
that it had incurred in costs and expenses for investigations from 2003 to 2007,
legal representation, and expenses for psychological treatment and clinical care
of US$205,351.85 (two hundred and five thousand three hundred and fifty-one
United States dollars with 85/100).
c.
The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of the
Rights of Women (CLADEM) calculated its costs and expenses for air travel to
Mexico City, visits to Washington D.C., payment of professional fees and other
expenses at US$14,490.74 (fourteen thousand four hundred and ninety United
States dollars with 74/100).
d.
The Red Ciudadana de la No Violencia y Dignidad Humana, calculated its
costs and expenses as totaling US$33,230.00 (thirty-three thousand two
hundred and thirty United States dollars), for a public consult carried in March
2002, travel, accommodation and meals during trips to Mexico City from 2003
to 2005, a trip to Washington D.C. in October 2006, professional fees, and
other expenses.
550
Cf. Case of Garrido and Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of August 27,
1998. Series C No. 39, para. 79; Case of Perozo et al. v. Venezuela, supra note 22, para. 417, and Case of
Garibaldi v. Brazil, supra note 252, para. 194.
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